Please read the whole piece, it’s good meta journalism (journalism about journalism), but the takeaway:
“Except it turns out not to be true. The nut fact that the AP uses to lead its coverage is wrong, and Braun and Sullivan’s reporting reveals absolutely no unethical conduct.”
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“The AP put a lot of work into this project. And it couldn’t come up with anything that looks worse than helping a Nobel Prize winner, raising money to finance AIDS education, and doing an introduction for the chair of the Kennedy Center. It’s kind of surprising.”
The AP’s big exposé on Hillary meeting with Clinton Foundation donors is a mess
The story is that there is no scandal.
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