Publishes lies. Mosk and editors should resign
Matthew Mosk writes
a front page story in the Washington Post based on demonstrably
false facts. This is a firing offense. Amanda
Carpenter over at Townhall has the story.
Mosk wrote:
The bundle of $2,300 and $4,600 checks that poured into
Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign on March 12 came
from an unlikely group of California donors: a mechanic from
D&D Auto Repair in Whittier, the manager of Rite Aid Pharmacy
No. 5727, the 30-something owners of the Twilight Hookah Lounge in
Fullerton.
The catch is that 3 out of those 4 people did not donate to
McCain. As Amanda notes:
The donation record for Rite Aid General Manager
Ibrahim Marabeh, who gave to Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani in
2007 and … the donation record for a man and a woman with the
last name Abdalla who both manage a Twilight Lounge. But Twilight
Lounge managers Nadia Abdalla and Hisham Abdalla gave money to
Clinton and Giuliani, too.
This is a front-page story. You would think that (1) Mosk would
check his facts and (2) his editors would recheck facts on a
front-page story.
These guys need to go. These aren’t journalists. These aren’t
even advocates. They are just liars.
UPDATE: The Post says:
The first name of McCain donor Faisal Abdullah was
misspelled in some versions of this story, including in the print
edition of The Washington Post. Also, the article incorrectly
identified a Rite Aide manager and two Twilight Hookah Lounge
owners as being among the donors Sargeant solicited on behalf of
McCain. Those donors – Rite Aid manager Ibrahim Marabeh, and the
lounge owners, Nadia and Shawn Abdalla – wrote checks to Giuliani
and Clinton, not McCain.
Note that this was a front-page story with names and dates and a
picture of John McCain. And all of the operative facts were
completely false. This is inexcusable.