Flashback: Boston Globe Reporter Praised Barney Frank's 'Integrity' In Wake of Prostitution Scandal

"I've known Barney Frank since was in college. He's a man of
surpassing integrity that I've never known to be questioned. I think
he's a master politician, which people forget. He's also a magnificent Congressman, and above all, there is nothing in this episode that counters any of those other images, and I would expect him to survive this smear in good standing."

-- Boston Globe Washington Bureau reporter and columnist Tom Oliphant on Inside Washington, August 26, 1989 after the WashTimes exposed his male prostitute buddy.