Washington Post opinion writer Margaret Sullivan penned a buzzy column Monday calling for the networks to stop hosting White House counselor Kellyanne Conway and outlets to stop printing the words of her and the rest of the administration without context.
Spurred on by Conway’s lengthy and deeply dishonest interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo last week, Sullivan says it’s past time to enter the “No Kellyanne Zone.” She adds that outlets are far too wedded to “both sides” objectivism, a philosophy which cannot apply when one side constantly lies and misleads.
“When major news organizations publish tweets and news alerts that repeat falsehoods merely because the President uttered them, it’s the same kind of journalistic malpractice as offering a prime interview spot to Kellyanne Conway,” she writes.
Conway’s own husband seemed to agree, tweeting about one of Trump’s lies that Conway backed up during the interview.
Given that Trump has repeatedly lied about the Daniels and McDougal payments—and given that he lies about virtually everything else, to the point that his own former personal lawyer described him as a “f****ing liar”—why should we take his word over that of federal prosecutors?
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) December 14, 2018
