Despite
being involved in a minor car accident caused by cell phone distraction
Wednesday, state Rep. Constance Wei continues to fight a ban on cell phone use
while driving.
The
problem I have is that, while we know that she's fought the ban up to
know, we really don't yet know based on the information we have on hand
that the crash has changed her mind. We're assuming it has.
And
in journalism, we can't do that. Either the facts are there and we
know, or the question is still unanswered and we don't know. This falls
in the latter.
If
this was a real story situation, probably the first question you'd want
to ask Wei is if she has any second thoughts about her political
position. I think there's a good chance that this lede would end up
being right. But we're supposed to know we're right when we hit the
"send" button.
Let's be sure we go with what we know, based on the evidence on hand.
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