Aaron Klein begins a Jan. 9 WorldNetDaily “news analysis” by asking: “Are the news media deliberately disguising the reported liberal politics of Jared Lee Loughner, the suspected gunman in yesterday’s fatal shooting that left six dead and gravely injured a U.S. congresswoman?” As evidence, Klein highlighted “the men actually listed by Loughner as among his favorite authors, Karl Marx and Adolf Hitler.”
Of course, Klein isn’t telling the full truth. That links straight to a WND article he wrote the day before in which he blared that “‘The Communist Manifesto’ and Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ were among the favorite reading materials of Jared Lee Loughner, the suspected gunman in today’s fatal shooting that reportedly left six dead and gravely injured a U.S. congresswoman.”
That problem is that Klein is selectively citing Loughner’s reading list. Also on the list are books that suggest he’s something other than a commie Nazi — namely, Ayn Rand’s anti-communist tome “We the Living.” Also on the list were anti-totalitarian classics like “Animal Farm” and “Fahrenheit 451.”
But Klein didn’t mention that — in fact, he offered no link to the full list so his readers could see for themselves. Thus, he avoided having to explain why such books were listed as favorites of a man who supposedly worships communists and Nazis.
But if Klein were an honest reporter, would WND continue to employ him?