Miami Herald | CNN.com
That's what Edward Wasserman says. The big issue wasn't that Mark Foley's public performance wasn't consistent with his private life as a closeted gay man, says the press critic. "It's that for years, his public performance made no sense unless you knew about what was happening behind the scenes. ... Foley's public actions were unintelligible unless you knew this backstory. And in failing to tell it, the media failed the public, and endorsed a principle of timidity that's sure to fail the public in the future as well." || Related "Reliable Sources" discussion.
E-mail this item | QuickLink this item: A112292


Romenesko Archive

View items published between:		and
	(MM/DD/YYYY)		(MM/DD/YYYY)

MAIN | Back to Top