Moore Swings at the Story
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is not ignoring questions about his past. He is attacking the people asking them. On MS NOW with Jen Psaki, Moore pushed back on reporting from The Baltimore Sun about inconsistencies in his military service claims. Instead of staying on the facts, he said the outlet was no longer Maryland’s paper of record and called it “the paper of the right wing.” That is a familiar move in modern politics: when the questions get uncomfortable, blame the newsroom, the owner, the weather, or President Trump if he is nearby. It saves time, if not credibility.
Ownership Became the New Alibi
Moore and his allies also leaned hard on the fact that The Baltimore Sun is now owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, whose executive chairman, David Smith, is seen as friendly to Trump. His press secretary, Ammar Moussa, took the same route on X and called the reporting “faux-journalism.” That is a bold line from a public office that would probably prefer fewer questions, not more. But ownership does not answer the main issue. If the reporting is wrong, show the proof. If it is right, the party labels on the masthead do not make the facts go away. Bureaucracies and media shops both love process when it protects them and hate it when it does not.
Other Outlets Kept Digging
The Baltimore Sun is not the only outlet looking into Moore’s background. The Washington Free Beacon and Spotlight on Maryland have also covered the questions around his military record and the broader fight with local media. According to the Free Beacon, Moore’s team threatened the paper’s reputation and later made private communications public. Moore, for his part, told Psaki that the Army and the soldiers he served with do not question his integrity, then said wealthy right-wing media owners are trying to shape local coverage to curry favor with Trump. The whole episode is a neat lesson in how fast a local story becomes a national culture war, especially when every side thinks the word “journalism” is just a club to swing at the other side.
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