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Low Octane Gas Lighting – WASHINGTON POST
"How did this evade the press?!", asked the reporter.
In one of the early contenders for Headline of the Year, the Washington Post decided to weigh in on the Eric Swalwell fallout. It would have been better had they not.
The paper came out with a piece that was actually as asinine as it gets. Reporter Liz Goodwin sounds mystified by how it was that a politician dogged with rumors of unacceptable behavior for years had been able to rise up the ranks in politics.
That is, a journalist is curious how no reporting on the man had properly taken place, as she writes from the industry charged with holding the powerful accountable.
Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D) fall left many asking how someone who was dogged by persistent rumors of inappropriate behavior toward women could have risen so high and so fast in a party that says it supports women’s rights. https://t.co/kJ6AODWGef— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 15, 2026
Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D) fall left many asking how someone who was dogged by persistent rumors of inappropriate behavior toward women could have risen so high and so fast in a party that says it supports women’s rights. https://t.co/kJ6AODWGef
Reporting On The Mirror – AXIOS
Bethany? What is the first rule of holes???
Bethany? What is the first rule of holes???
On Monday, we featured how former Axios scribe Bethany Allen Ebrahimian was describing how she had known about Swalwell’s antics, but she could not report on them at the time. Not part of her beat, you see. She said, AFTER showing that she had reported on his........