You’ve heard of “sane-washing,” i.e. when a news outlet reports seriously on one thing that Donald Trump says without mentioning the other crazy things he says in a speech, thus making him look more sane than he really is. Well, here’s the opposite sane-washing, courtesy of Universal Hub’s Adam Gaffin, who covers the conviction of a former Faulkner Hospital doc who got in a whole bunch of trouble for participating in the Jan. 6 mayhem at the U.S. Capitol. … The story starts off slowly, but picks up steam as her defense attorney’s arguments pick up steam in their absurdity. No sane-washing in Adam’s coverage. …

And fear not. I’ll be zeroing in on future, though not quite as absurd, “sane-washing” issues tied to the left. I got a minor start on this front the other day (see below for my prior ‘Are we really going to have wall-to-wall coverage of campus protests again?’).