Seeking opinions: should media do background checks to find controversy in even feel good stories?

[MuseRider]

14. He now has the perfect opportunity

to address that.

Some people start out in a way that guides them poorly. Even though they are doing good things now their past is unavoidable. I think this would be a good lesson for a lot of people.

I don't really think being humiliated is fun or funny but it can be handled with the right attitude.

A kid made some bad remarks. Really? That is how they want to hurt this guy who is apparently doing really good things? It is a very sad world we live in.

I was asked once to run for a small office in my county. All I could think about was my iffy past and how I would not want that drug out and aired so I declined. It felt cowardly to do that when it would have been a good opportunity to shrug and give the story and move on. I do not think there is a thing we can do about this anymore, it is all available to anyone who wants to knock you down. It is now our job to evaluate these things by the responses I guess. It really sucks.