Ian's Rationalizing (Or is it Bullsh-tting?)

WaPo‘s Ian Shapira appeared on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” Sunday to discuss his recent heart-wrenching Facebook story involving a mother dying from a heart defect shortly after delivering her baby boy. Touching story. Genuinely sad. Legitimately interesting way to tell a story using Facebook. Shapira made a big point of asking permission of the family before he wrote the story. He told CNN host Howard Kurtz in no uncertain terms that he would not have written the story had the husband of the deceased woman said no.