» Marc Fisher on Cheh Investigation

Speaking of Cheh: What was up with the Post Metro section and Woodlee yesterday? They reported Cheh was being investigated for campaign finance issues, which is technically true. However, investigations are pro-forma when a complaint is filed, and this complaint was filed by noted crank and looney Jonathan Rees.

Worse yet, they heavily quoted Rees without comment. If you're going to hang your reporting hat primarily on one source, you should probably note he's a looney at some point.

Marc Fisher: I'm with you there -- I don't know the backstory on the story, but I do know that any reference to Rees should be accompanied by screaming warnings to readers about who and what he is.

Downtown D.C.: "I'm with you there--I don't know the backstory on the story, but I do know that any reference to Rees should be accompanied by screaming warnings to readers about who and what he is."

Well, who and what IS he?

Marc Fisher: A mysterious figure who ran for D.C. Council in Ward 3 last year and made the lives of many candidates, political activists and media types miserable with his multiple online identities, spamming of comment boards and other odd behaviors.