I should clarify that I don't think there's much merit in the guilt-by-association smearing that happens after such events (or the stripped-of-context quote-mining character assassination the article engages in), and by "left-wing motivation" I did not mean to imply blame should fall on the left as a whole.
Unfortunately such smearing is very effective propaganda, so most people, including journalists, only take this position when it is their side getting smeared.
Unfortunately such smearing is very effective propaganda, so most people, including journalists, only take this position when it is their side getting smeared.