Media Matters for America is a not-for-profit progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media. They are claiming tonight that veteran Boston Globe technology reporter Hiawatha Bray "apparently wrote posts for several weblogs in which he declared his support for President Bush, attacked Sen. John Kerry, and bolstered discredited allegations by the anti-Kerry group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (now Swift Vets and POWs for Truth)" while he was reporting on the 2004 presidential campaign.
They point to a long trail of evidence and then end with this zinger...
The Boston Globe is owned by The New York Times Company, whose ethics handbook, Ethical Journalism: A Handbook of Values and Practices for the News and Editorial Departments, lays out specific guidelines for the political behavior of its journalists, such as: "Journalists have no place on the playing fields of politics. Staff members are entitled to vote, but they must do nothing that might raise questions about their professional neutrality or that of The Times. In particular, they may not campaign for, demonstrate for, or endorse candidates, ballot causes or efforts to enact legislation."
Now, I am not saying Hiawatha is guilty. You're innocent until proven guilty. He is a veteran reporter who has been around the block a long long time. However, it will be interesting to see if he and/or others react to these allegations.
