Another poor sap will lose his job, and his freedom, because of pillow talk and shared #NeverTrump feelings. Another FBI agent will get kudos for tracking down a honey-trapped loser and nailing his tender parts to the wall. Another reporter will ... what? Take a brief vacation?
Showalter thinks maybe this practice is no accident.
Lovebird honeytrap journalism [is] becoming more and more the norm as none of these reporters ends up seriously punished. Apparently, the managers up at the top of these [news] organizations see nothing wrong with this news standard other than a little bit of egg on their faces, raising questions as to whether they are now hiring these comely women for just this purpose.Seems to me the reporter actually living with the source makes the FBI agent’s job too easy. Showalter has photos of the two reporters involved; “comely” may be an exaggeration but they’re certainly pleasant-looking young women
I suggest we follow an old Ian Fleming maxim. Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence. If a third occurrence happens, it’s enemy action. So far, the women doing this are getting away with wrist slaps, and those only for being caught, not for their entrepreneurial spirit in getting a story.
