It is possible to hold these two seemingly opposing positions at the same time: that the Justice Department’s case against the Southern Poverty Law Center may be legally questionable, and that the underlying charges are eminently scandalous and newsworthy.
Yet, regarding the strength of the DOJ’s case, it does not speak well of the SPLC’s claimed innocence that news organizations have responded to Washington’s claims with the sort of full-court public relations effort that conspicuously ignores or mischaracterizes the most damning allegations.
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