When someone enters a primary election late, or when a candidate begins to emerge as significant, the news media will naturally begin to investigate their past. News professionals will describe this practice as essential and responsible journalism. But it’s also great “copy!” Aggressively investigating the past of political candidates always energizes the business side of news.
It is therefore very important for media consumers to understand that the same media revolutions that created our current state of chaos and confusion will also make it impossible to be sure that investigative journalism will uncover the “real truth” about the past.
Choosing the most reliable information sources possible has become critically important. After all, it’s possible that past transgressions were settled at the time, and times do change. And some people really do learn from their mistakes.
No matter how many viewers, listeners, readers, and “profits” these investigative news reports generate, in a world of ongoing media revolutions we can never be sure we are learning the whole truth. Getting “close” is the best we can do… and we must even work at that.
Larry D. Lauer 
I am reminded that all of the candidates have done or said things over their careers that are now deemed unacceptable. This is certainly true of those with the ambition or desire and drive to run for President. We will undoubtedly learn more about the new comers especially.
Our challenge is to figure out if they still hold these beliefs or have learned and grown from their experiences…or who is least objectionable?
Frank
Frank Tilley
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From: Wgould2@yahoo.com
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2020 5:31:35 PM
To: Larry D. Lauer ; Dennis Scifres ; Doug Harman ; Don Smith ; fwtilley@outlook.com
Subject: Re: [New post] Lesson 534 Reporting Past Misdeeds
Larry, thanks. Now all we have
to do is the hard work of
following through.
Warren