I wonder if it's the most taboo word in journalism.
The L-word. Nope, not Love. Not even Liberal.
LIAR.
Take a look at the tap-dancing that happened at a panel of Wisconsin journalists the other night, talking about reporting on Governor Scott Walker.
Scott Walker and ‘The L Word’ (The Progressive, 2 June 2015)
DeFour, at a panel discussion Monday night, was responding to audience questions about the Wisconsin governor and Presidential aspirant’s record of saying things that aren’t true. He used an analogy, involving a media description of Walker holding a blowtorch and working with metal. “Are you looking for us to say, ‘Oh, he’s a welder?’” DeFour asked. “I don’t think you’re ever going to see the newspaper call him a straight-out welder. We’re not going to be like, ‘Governor Walker, he’s a giant welder.’ We’re not going to do that.”Question: when does refusing to use the one word that best describes the subject of your story become... oh, I don't know... a LIE?
More below the orange web of lies and deceit.
