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August 17, 2012 03:43 PM
A laurel to The Atlantic’s Garance Franke-Ruta
For calling on reporters to repeat the truth as often as needed, and showing how to do it
This week’s laurel goes to Garance Franke-Ruta of The Atlantic, whose astute web piece “What to Do With Political Lies,” offered some simple, useful advice for how journalists can better respond to misleading and unsubstantiated attacks on the campaign trail. Franke-Ruta starts with the premise—shared by The New Republic’s Alec MacGillis, whose frustrated post about inadequate coverage of some...
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