Democracy Dies in Darkness

Opinion The Hill is reviewing the work of former opinion contributor John Solomon

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November 18, 2019 at 2:06 p.m. EST
The Hill newspaper sits outside a committee room before a House Intelligence Committee impeachment inquiry hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. Democrats will try to make the case that President Trump committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" - the U.S. Constitution's standard for impeachment by the House and a Senate trial on whether to convict and remove a president from office. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

The Hill on Friday suffered a black eye in the corridors of Capitol Hill. When a reporter for the Beltway publication approached Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) amid the impeachment furor, she asked where he worked. His answer pretty much ended the transaction.

“I’m not speaking to the Hill anymore. Sorry.” Then she explained: “I just find it reprehensible that any newspaper would just be willing to put that kind of crap out that is not — has no veracity whatsoever, and not check to see if it had any veracity,” Speier said, according to audio reported by Politico’s Michael Calderone.