Terry, a fundamental mistake makes the N&O complicit in buttressing the lie. They write:
She expressed enthusiasm and asked DOT officials to work with members of her staff.
That’s a flat statement of fact with no attribution, something only a reporter who was present at the meeting could have written. All they needed to do was add “he said” to the end of that sentence to put it on Trogdon. A small thing, but it happens all the time.
