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Thread: A few months ago, I cited a particularly skewed take on another Democratic candidate by this fellow David Sirota, called him on his consistent habit of such, and blocked him as a faux journalist and purveyor of hype. I was then treated to foam-flecked herd....
....of rabid Sanders supporters decrying my cruel abuse of a heroic and independent spirit of unbridled journalism. Turns out that according to today's reports, David Sirota was even then advising and in consultation with the Sanders campaign. And today, upon being named...
...to a key position in that campaign, Sirota was quick to delete about 20,000 or so posts from his Twitter account so as to clean his history of attacks on the rest of the Democratic field. Now to be clear, I remember what happened to a reporter at my own newspaper who was....
,,,discovered to be even informally advising and assisting a political candidate while occupying a reportorial position. He was asked to resign and he did. Rightly. That is not what ethical journalists ever do. Even columnists caught doing so, as in the case of George Will...
...assisting Reagan in his debate preparation are roundly criticized for the breach in ethics. To be clear, I don't begrudge Sanders the legitimate opportunity to hire a journalist to join his campaign, and indeed, as I three months ago accused Sirota of being...
...a political operative masquerading as a reporter, I hope his new position is to his skill set and liking. He has every right to openly assist and support a candidate. But to be equally clear: I said months agohe needs to get the word "journalist" out of his fucking mouth...
...and stop staining the profession with the pretense that he was of any kind of ethos or mindset to claim to an impartiality with regard to Democratic candidates. He wasn't capable of the job then. He isn't now. Now, he has acquired the correct job title for what he does...
...and with regard to every last fuckmook who came rushing to lecture me on the ethics of journalism defend this man's work product as unfettered and impartial reportage, you may eat today's shit and call it a meal. Real reporters don't ever rush back and delete their words.
