The Washington Post just published a new story on the growing Alito flags scandal in which it reveals that the paper knew about the Alitos flying an upside down American flag back in January 2021 when it happened but decided not to publish the story. The paper's reasons for killing the story are as ridiculous as the Alitos' excuse for flying two - and counting - flags that are symbols of fascism.
WaPo explains that in January 2021 its Supreme Court reporter, Robert Barnes, got a tip about the Alitos flying the upside down Ametican flag, so he paid a visit to the Alitos on Biden's inauguration day to follow up. He found the Alitos coming out of their house, and Martha-Ann Alito in particular seemed visibly upset and annoyed by Barnes' presence. She yelled for him to "get off our property" and engaged in other petulant and whacko behavior, so much so that her husband asked her to get in the car to try to shut her up. Martha-Ann explained to Barnes that they flew the upside-down flag as "an international signal of distress!” Huh? Huh?
Despite WaPo noting in this very article that the upside-down American flag is a "politically charged symbol" and is used as a symbol.by the anti-democratic "Stop the Steal" movement, here's the paper's pathetic explanation for why it sat on this story for more than three years:
The Post decided not to report on the episode at the time because the flag-raising appeared to be the work of Martha-Ann Alito, rather than the justice, and connected to a dispute with her neighbors, a Post spokeswoman said. It was not clear then that the argument was rooted in politics, the spokeswoman said.
Not rooted in politics?? WTF?!? It was clear from the start that this incident was about politics, but WaPo gave a pass to Alito because of who he is, thereby enabling our country's growing fascism.
Democracy indeed dies in darkness, Washington Post.