Why is Mark Halperin, a man who harassed women, being entrusted to cover a historically female 2020 presidential election?

The Washington Post

Halperin lost gigs at Showtime, HBO and NBC News/MSNBC after his past sexual misconduct at ABC News surfaced nearly early in the #MeToo movement in late 2017. Now he's making a comeback with a book deal on the 2020 presidential campaign. Since the news broke, Monica Hesse says she isn't sure the right questions are being asked about Halperin's book deal. "Figuring out whether someone has been suitably castigated is a complicated, murky business and not something I feel qualified to take on," she says. "But I do feel qualified to think about what we might gain — or lose — with another book filtered through Halperin’s particular narrative lens. The most salient question about Halperin shouldn’t be, 'Has he been punished enough?' but rather, 'Can we trust him to tell true stories about this election?' This election, with a record number of female candidates, is historic. Last election was also historic, though, and many members of the media bungled it by raising specious theories on Hillary Clinton’s 'likability,' by allowing sexism within political coverage to go unchecked and unnoticed. Can we trust Halperin, a man who allegedly rubbed his private parts on women, to be a clear-eyed scribe for this moment in history?" ALSO: Halperin's comeback is proof that #MeToo didn't lead to mob justice.