2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)Guilty of journalism in the first degree. (I spout off here on DU, but I am scrupulously objective in my work.)
In this case it is not a matter of journalistic accuracy, beyond what would have merited a correction in a newspaper in the next issue.
This is more like swiftboating, which is why people are upset. Put a little meme out there (regardless of whether there is truth to it ot not) to imbed doubts about a candidate for no reason.
There is no question Sanders was doing what he said he was doing at the place he said. Whether the photographer mislabeled two people who look alike is a technicality that means nothing. (And the photographer insists he got it right.)
But it imbeds the idea that maybe Bernie wasn't there, and that he is a fraud. That is inexcusable.