Writing in the Christian Science Monitor [1], one Mansoor Ijaz, attempts to skewer Mitt Romney for his answer to a question that Ijaz provides no evidence was ever asked:
I asked Mr. Romney whether he would consider including qualified Americans of the Islamic faith in his cabinet as advisers on national security matters, given his position that “jihadism” is the principal foreign policy threat facing America today. He answered, “…based on the numbers of American Muslims [as a percentage] in our population, I cannot see that a cabinet position would be justified. But of course, I would imagine that Muslims could serve at lower levels of my administration.”
A responsible journalist can not cite himself as as a sole source. The only evidence Ijaz presents to show that he asked this particular question of Governor Romney is his unsubtaniated, and unverifiable.
Even an old fart like Bob Novak practices the two source rule Evidently the CSM does adhere to journalist standards. Shocking isn’t it?
Further Edward Morrissey, Captain Quarters, identified Ijaz is a democrat fund raiser [2], a fact that Ijar did not see fit to disclose.
Yet the fact Ijaz attritubuted question is unsourced and his role as political operative undiclosed, by myself, did not stop leftards sites like Stink Progress [3]and Chuckie [4] from accusing Romney of bigotry.
Romney’s bigotry, or lack thereof, isn’t the question. The stupidity of the leftosphere for falling for an unsourced story is.
More, Memeorandum [5].