When the Government Affairs Committee report was made public, it contained a couple of lines sheepishly acknowledging that no conclusive evidence was found tying the president's campaign to any illegal campaign contribution from anyone connected to the Chinese government. And the media frenzy over its sexy allegations turned into a media retreat over its un-sexy conclusions. Committee Chairman Fred Thompson, R-Tenn. It was nowhere to be found. The American public is getting wise to the media's tricks.
Reporters overreact to and over-cover anything that makes someone look bad.
They are more concerned with being first with a story than with being correct. They ruin reputations without thinking twice, then never admit it when they get the story wrong. And unlike government officials, there is no way to hold reporters accountable. References to the FEC's dismissal of those allegations appear at the bottom of the story, if at all. Media irresponsibility and recklessness need to be taken as seriously as political wrongdoing.