David Brock Advises Media Of The Washington Free Beacon’s Unethical Practices
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 23rd, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
David Brock Advises Media Of The Washington Free Beacon’s Unethical Practices
Media Matters chairman David Brock is cautioning the media against validating the journalistic legitimacy of The Washington Free Beacon for accurate information, particularly with regard to its recent reports on Hillary Clinton.
The Free Beacon has published several pieces in recent days that attack Clinton based on tapes obtained from the University of Arkansas (UA) archives that depict interviews Clinton gave in the early 1980s.
The method and substance of The Free Beacon’s reporting have been called into question.
In a memo to news editors and reporters that was reported by Buzzfeed, Brock delineated unethical practices and methods of The Free Beacon, and urged credible media outlets to refrain from validating The Free Beacon’s journalistic legitimacy. Among other concerns, Brock pointed to The Free Beacon’s hidden reliance on an opposition research firm headed by GOP operatives to obtain the information relied on for its recent anti-Clinton stories.