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Mainstream Media Reluctant to Report Dem. Rep. Wilson Abused His Wife

Over at Townhall, Guy Benson is calling out Congressional Quarterly reporter John McArdle and the mainstream media in general for not reporting on Mike Flynn’s scoop from earlier this week that Dem. Rep. Charlie Wilson repeatedly abused his ex-wife during their 27-year marriage. Benson points out that McArdle was quick to report on sealed divorce records of a Republican candidate in Georgia, but is mum on Wilson’s checkered past:

What’s really interesting about the spousal abuse allegations against Congressman Wilson, John, is that they’re fully chronicled in unsealed files–and all the documentation you’d need to verify this possibly game-changing development is conveniently provided by the source that originally reported the story. As a reporter, I’m sure you’d agree this represents substantially more persuasive sourcing than quotes from a political candidate’s opponent about scuttlebutt he’s supposedly heard from nameless third parties regarding nasty details of a sealed file he hasn’t seen.

Read the whole thing here.


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