Finally, after months of wondering why Trump would be consistent only in his dyed-in-the-wool dedication to a foreign despot, we’ve got an answer. But taking cheap shortcuts is not the way to nail [Trump]. Investigative journalism by promise does more than raise provocative, flimsily considered questions. As a person, I have no love for Donald Trump; as an investigative reporter, I have no interest in protecting the powerful from scrutiny. It’s wrong each time Trump demurs “there’s something going on” about an insane premise or rumor he should disavow.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 11, 2017 18:47 UTC