Bob Unruh is in stenographer mode yet again in a Jan. 14 WorldNetDaily article about fired Atlanta fire chief Kelvin Cochran. Unruh uncritically repeats the claims of right-wing groups that the city “fired him for nothing other than his faith” and that the city had granted Cochran permission to publish his “Christian book” that smeared homosexuals.
In fact, as we’ve pointed out, a city investigation into Cochran’s firing found that Cochran was fired for his behavior, not his faith, and that he never sought the proper permission to self-publish his book.
Even though that investigation came out five days before Unruh’s article appeared, Unruh makes no mention of it. In fact, Unruh made no apparent effort whatsoever to talk to anyone who would have told him the facts about Cochran’s firing — he simply regurgitates the factually deficient claims of right-wing activists who are trying to turn Cochran’s firing into a cause celebre.
Of course, such laziness and bias is what WND is paying Unruh to do, so it’s unfortunately not a surprise. It is, though, yet another reason why nobody believes WND.