I do quibble a bit with Mr. McCain, just a wee bit. Given the sorry history of the Pulitzer Prize, reporting out and out fiction is not a disqualification.
That said, Stacy is all over the Washington Post imploded hit piece of Mitt Romney, from Other McCain [1]:
By God, you can’t do that in journalism: You cannot base a key element of a story — in this case, the claim that Romney’s bullying left Lauber emoitonally traumatized for life — on a quote from the deceased “victim” attributed to him based on an (alleged) private conversation. Lauber isn’t around to verify or dispute the accuracy of Seed’s account, and therefore it is unethical to include the “quotes” that Seed attributes to Lauber.
Stacy ain’t pretty, but neither is the sorry mess called the Washington Post.