A woman approached The Post with dramatic and false tale about Roy Moore.

[moriah]

If this is a repost, I'm sorry. Try opening it in a private browser window if you've read a lot of WaPo articles recently:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/a-woman-approached-the-post-with-dramatic--and-false--tale-about-roy-moore-sje-appears-to-be-part-of-undercover-sting-operation/2017/11/27/0c2e335a-cfb6-11e7-9d3a-bcbe2af58c3a_story.html?undefined=&utm_term=.e49930651a7f&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation.

A woman who falsely claimed to The Washington Post that Roy Moore, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Alabama, impregnated her as a teenager appears to work with an organization that uses deceptive tactics to secretly record conversations in an effort to embarrass its targets.

In a series of interviews over two weeks, the woman shared a dramatic story about an alleged sexual relationship with Moore in 1992 that led to an abortion when she was 15. During the interviews, she repeatedly pressed Post reporters to give their opinions on the effects that her claims could have on Moore’s candidacy if she went public.

The Post did not publish an article based on her unsubstantiated account. When Post reporters confronted her with inconsistencies in her story and an Internet posting that raised doubts about her motivations, she insisted that she was not working with any organization that targets journalists.

But on Monday morning, Post reporters saw her walking into the New York offices of Project Veritas, an organization that targets the mainstream news media and left-leaning groups. The organization sets up undercover “stings” that involve using false cover stories and covert video recordings meant to expose what the group says is media bias.

[genxlib]

1. The Washington Post is too kind

This statement

The organization sets up undercover “stings” that involve using false cover stories and covert video recordings meant to expose what the group says is media bias.

gives them far to much credit. I would say.

The organization uses falsehoods and deceptive video editing in deceitful attempts to discredit liberal groups and media outlets.

I could use more colorful and descriptive language but at least this could be printed.