The controversy surrounding Selena Zito--a reporter who writes about Trump voters and has been credibly accused of inaccuracies--is a sort of microcosm for 2018's big political controversies. Caught in obvious small lies, she doubles down, raising suspicion of bigger lies.https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/status/1055477878194913280 …
The New York Post--which published Zito's defense of herself in which she insists she never did anything even a little wrong--sort of said that. But not really. And they defensively shut down when others followed up.
-
-
Right. This is super easy to do unambiguously. Like, doing it in a noncommittal, ambiguous way is probably more work. But that's what they're choosing to do. Weird, no?
-
It's a red flag, no doubt. Not proof, but raises suspicion.
-
I haven't seen enough to think she's a large scale fabricator, but it sure seems like she's been sloppy enough for her editors to want people to stop digging. It's probably the usual "cover up worse than the crime" situation, especially for a reputation driven industry.
-
As an academic, can you imagine an adminstration having your back in a similar way for sloppy research? I'm guessing not.
-
No chance.
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.