The Washington Post stealthily edited its Tuesday article on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanagh returning to coaching his younger daughter’s basketball team so it would no longer be filed under the “public safety” section.
After receiving backlash from the public, the Post re-tagged the piece under “local,” but did not include any mention in the article that the piece had been edited.
Some suggested that by the Post tagging “public safety,” it was somehow insinuating that Kavanaugh was a threat to the girls he was coaching, and some pointed out on social media that the subtlety in tagging was another example of media bias against conservatives.
What a JOKE… Media BIAS is REAL…
Washington Post TAGS story about Kavanaugh coaching GIRLS basketball under ‘PUBLIC SAFETY’…https://t.co/P5XlAviMIv
— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) November 28, 2018
yes truly this is where a story about a local youth basketball coach belongs pic.twitter.com/SSepTvi80q
— Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) November 27, 2018
The gutter journalism that still surrounds reports about Brett Kavanaugh make me want to tear my hair out: https://t.co/EHli4IwPsY
— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) November 28, 2018
During the Senate confirmation process earlier this year, as Kavanaugh defended himself against sexual misconduct allegations levied against him by multiple women, Kavanaugh expressed concerned that the accusations would affect his ability to coach.
“I love coaching more than anything I’ve ever done in my whole life,” Kavanagh said while speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding claims made by Christine Blasey Ford dating back to when the two were teenagers. “I may never be able to coach again.”
Kavanaugh was confirmed by the Seate on Oct. 5 almost entirely along party lines, 51-49 and was sworn in soon after.
As the report states, the newest member of the Supreme Court was back on the court over the Thanksgiving holiday, where he coached his younger daughter’s team to the championship game of a tournament held in a suburb of Washington, D.C.
