[staticautomatic]

Yeah and Ted Bundy's parents were adamant that he was a sweet boy who would never hurt a soul.

[refurb]

So given the choice between a reporter claiming he said something and the person’s family and coworkers saying he didn’t, you’d go with the reporter?

[doc_gunthrop]

I read the article linked in the SE link you posted and there is nothing about "coworkers". It's only Ehrlichman's children who said it was uncharacteristic of their father.

[Fnoord]

I remember Ramon Reiser defending his child, Hans Reiser. Children and parents are far from unbiased in this sense, and one source is no source.