2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Anti-Noise Machine [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)were taken gave his gossip testimony and that was enough. The fact that esteemed photographer Danny Lyon said the photos were of Bernie was discounted in favor of some stuff Jonathan was saying. Capehart's source was a woman who was not there at all either. He and his boosters in media and on DU rejected the actual witnesses and actual records and took up as fact a bunch of crap said by people who were not there, not born, just not valid sources at all.
Consistency is very important when trying to sell a persona. If you happily accept the single sourced gossip of Capehart it is not consistent to then demand that other stories have several sources and specific sorts of sources. 'When it serves me, I'm fine with taking the word of one guy who was not present based on the word of one woman who was also not present. When it does not serve me, I demand multiple verified sources, video and sworn depositions!!!!'
Situational ethics are not really ethics at all.