1) Publishes a misleading piece
2) Implies Rep. Crowley was being underhanded
3) Misrepresents election law
4) Touches off pissing match btwn Dems
5) Posts new piece clearing Crowley while never acknowledging #1-4
nytimes.com/2018/07/12/opi…
1) Pounced on the first story without fact-checking
2) Embellished it with a defamatory accusation that Crowley was “mounting a third-party challenge”
3) promptly started fundraising off of the false, defamatory claim
Crowley is owed some apologies.
This is the kind of moment when you really see someone’s character.
Let’s see what tomorrow brings.