Mistress Mirthala Could Write Her Own Ethics Textbook
Just shy of a month ago, a few of us -- most pointedly, Mariel -- kicked around a classic journalist-ethics question: Is it OK for reporters to give money to political causes?
Well, now the antics of Mirthala Salinas -- who has, um, brought her own unique twist to journalist ethics -- raise an interesting variation on that old question. Namely: Is it OK for reporters to give money to political candidates who are running against said reporter's future adulterous partners?
That's because according to KTLA, back in 2001, Mistress Mirthala gave $250 to one of Antonio Villaraigosa's opponents in his first bid for mayor, Xavier Becerra.
Clearly the makers of textbooks on ethical journalism are going to have to write a whole new chapter about the Villasalinas saga. Or better yet, Salinas could write a new textbook herself.
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