I do not know if Ms. Torres is "doping"; nor does anyone else except the latest Slate mindreader, A. Shaffer. I do think that Ms. Torres has been found to be a closet Republican by A. Shaffer. What else would be the cause of such shoddy journalism? Maybe the two source rule for fact checking involved the author's Ego and Super Ego, as they concerned an overheard conversation with her Id.