Broken Press

814 examples of press incompetence

Posted by @johnpfaff.bsky.social •

Buried under 12 paragraphs and 4 ads is this: that an investigation into the politicization of data was conducted not by … actually reviewing any data … but just by interviewing senior officials who disliked their chief.

So more politics.

Rather than auditing police data, the committee's interim report instead scrutinized Smith's leadership through the eyes of her commanders. Her tenure featured an exodus of high-level civilian staffers from the D.C. police department, accompanied by allegations, previously reported on by The Post, that Smith's communication style had
Rather than auditing police data, the committee's interim report instead scrutinized Smith's leadership through the eyes of her commanders. Her tenure featured an exodus of high-level civilian staffers from the D.C. police department, accompanied by allegations, previously reported on by The Post, that Smith's communication style had
Posted by The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) •

Exclusive: A months-long congressional investigation accuses D.C. Police Chief Pamela A. Smith of incentivizing her subordinates to downplay crimes to maintain an illusion of a safer city, according to a report obtained by The Post.