larsen nichols- Joy Reid hacking debate

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/28/business/media/joy-reid-hacking-msnbc.html

Joy Reid, a host on MSNBC, has recently accused hackers of fabricating homophobic comments onto a decade-old blog she used to run, which was uncovered by a service called the Wayback Machine.There is no proof of hacking yet, and Reid has made transphobic and homophobic comments and tweets in the past, though she has owned up to and apologized for her recent comments and now seems supportive of LGBT issues and advocates. She recently stated that "I can only say that the person I am now is different than the person I was then."

This article was written by Christina Caron at the New York Times earlier today. It aims to inform their audience of Reid's transgressions (and supposed transgressions) and her response to them. Before reading this article, I had no idea who Joy Reid was or that these accusations had occurred. Because the article was written so recently, no one knows yet the validity of Reid's statements and whether or not she was actually hacked. In my opinion, if she's owned up to the comments she's made recently then it doesn't make sense that she wouldn't own up to the comments she made ten years ago. But on the other hand, it's not hard to believe she made that blog post and there was apparently none of the usual signs of hacking. It's impressive though that she's taken responsibility for her recent insensitive and hateful comments, and I hope she continues to do that and also develop more open ideas of different beliefs in the future.

Synthesis: This article can be connected to the Monica Lewinsky scandal during Bill Clinton's  presidency. In both situations, the person accused took accountability for some of the transgressions they committed, but fervently denied others.