As Election Day nears, the battle for California’s 17th congressional district has gotten ugly; with Ro Khanna’s campaign realizing their only hope is to fling mud at the well-respected, progressive incumbent, Mike Honda.

Also touched on in that article was the San Francisco Chronicle’s senior political writer, Carla Marinucci’s unquestioning regurgitation of the Khanna campaign’s talking points. So eager is she to spread Ro’s word, she even tweets out Khanna’s op-ed from a competing newspaper. But hey, he attacks Honda for not involving himself in issues not relevant to his congressional duties, so she must cover it.