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alpharaposaWhich leads to other people misquoting her, based on what that story said.
And people depend on these outlets to form their impressions of candidates. Bad enough to leave out a sentence or two of context, but to chop a sentence in half? Did the journalists who wrote that down fail grammar and reading comprehension? Did the editors who chopped it up not know where a sentence begins and ends?
Or, maybe, they did it on purpose, just to get headlines? Or, worse, to influence public opinion?
No matter the reason - incompetence, greed, or partisanship - they don't deserve their jobs as reporters. Any of those reasons would be sufficient to justify throwing them out on the street.
And people depend on these outlets to form their impressions of candidates. Bad enough to leave out a sentence or two of context, but to chop a sentence in half? Did the journalists who wrote that down fail grammar and reading comprehension? Did the editors who chopped it up not know where a sentence begins and ends?
Or, maybe, they did it on purpose, just to get headlines? Or, worse, to influence public opinion?
No matter the reason - incompetence, greed, or partisanship - they don't deserve their jobs as reporters. Any of those reasons would be sufficient to justify throwing them out on the street.
