Newsmax has added anti-abortion activist Alveda King as a columnist. But that’s not all — Newsmax is calling her “Dr. Alveda King,” as the header on her column archive shows:
But as we’ve noted, and others have pointed out, King has never earned a doctorate degree; the one being referenced here is honorary.
People who have never earned a Ph.D. don’t get to call themselves “Dr.” — and anyway, standard news style is to reserve that title only for those with medical degrees — but Alveda King does, and Newsmax, which should know better, is allowing it to happen.