Journalism profs run to defend boorish AP reporter. Here’s Northeastern University’s Dan Kennedy talking about the incident between Mitt Romney and AP reporter Glen Johnson:
Reporters don’t like to call politicians liars, even when they lie. We tend to use euphemisms — “at odds with the facts” being a favorite. But Mitt Romney is a liar — a flagrant repeat offender. Everyone knows it, and the press doesn’t quite know what to do about it.
This is to laugh. The political lie was taken to stellar heights by the Clintons, and the tradition continues as Hillary makes her run.
Does anyone recall any such incidents since 1992 when reporters became just so fed up with Clintonian prevarication that they snapped?
