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Covering the Beat that No One Else Will Cover
I think it’s time for me to, once again, explain why I write this blog.
A couple days ago I reprinted a “Quick Hit” by former Republic Editorial Board Editor Robert Leger in which he criticized “Regular Fearmongers” (sic) for expressing concerns about possible disease threats posed by Central American immigrants. I juxtaposed that two-year old article with an article from that day’s Republic about the measles outbreak that has been traced to the Eloy detention center.
Leger’s hit was simply unprofessional. Here are four reasons. The use of fearmonger (sic) was an ad hominem attack and it was the worst subset of an ad hominem attack, because it was simply name calling. His use of “regular” was an example of mockery. He misspelled “fear monger” and not only were the concerns about disease reasonable, but the Republic is now also covering a disease outbreak. So he was wrong.
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