Lessons from past scandals

The trouble with writing an article about scandals is that it is essentially impossible to be specific without risking being scurrilous.

I’m sure there’s a place for the freedom of the media to write exposés. But as a pastor, not a journalist, my responsibilities differ. In any case, it’s a dangerous business writing about someone else’s scandals.

Any time I have had inside knowledge of a matter that has garnered wide public attention, I have been surprised by the far distance between the reporting of the facts and a true picture of the facts that would be provided by all the context, usually invisible to those on the outside.