April 28, 2018 By Jack Hellner
The following article is a perfect example of what is wrong with almost all reporting today: the nomination of a distinguished admiral, Ronnie Jackson, to lead the Veterans Administration, and his subsequent withdrawal after a barrage of negative press.
The media gladly ran with unsubstantiated allegations to start. Then, after he withdrew his nomination, the Washington Post ran a story to say that the most serious allegations weren't true.
Why didn't the media do the research before the stories were run to destroy Admiral Jackson's life? After he pulled out of the nomination, the corrections to the stories will be minimal. The goal has been accomplished.........The legal costs and destruction of reputations are endless. There is an agenda to push, and facts haven't mattered for a long time
......In the 1980s Democrats targeted labor secretary Raymond Donovan, who was acquitted of any wrongdoing.
After his acquittal in a 1987 fraud trial, Donovan was quoted as saying,
"Which office do I go to get my reputation back?"
I wonder where the American Civil Liberties Union is on all this. Why don't they care about the illegal spying? Why don't they care about the no-knock raid on Michael Cohen? Why don't they worry about the Michael Flynn indictment? Why didn't they care about the targeting of Tea Party groups?
It seems that the ACLU cares about only some people's civil liberties...............Read more
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