WaPo Ombud Scolds Paper for Ignoring Black Panther Voter Intimidation

July 17th, 2010 5:08 PM
In a piece set to appear in the Washington Post Sunday, the paper's ombudsman harshly criticized his employer for ignoring the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation story."For months, readers have contacted the ombudsman wondering why The Post hasn't been covering the case," wrote Andrew Alexander."The calls increased recently after competitors such as the New York Times and the Associated…

Weigel-gate: WaPo Editor Brauchli Huffs They Won't Do 'Supreme Court J

June 26th, 2010 7:59 AM
In the Saturday Washington Post, media reporter Howard Kurtz wrote up the resignation of blogger David Weigel, whose disgust for conservatives was too much for the Post to defend for a man hired to cover conservatives. Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli lamented "we can't have any tolerance for the perception that people are conflicted or bring a bias to their work." Everyone brings some bias…

WaPo Ombudsman: David Frum's Hostile Limbaugh Book Review Should Have

May 26th, 2010 1:28 PM
Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander responded online to yesterday’s NewsBusters post on Frum’s Tuesday Style section review of the new book Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One. Alexander wondered "Was Frum too biased to review book on Rush Limbaugh?" He suggested the problem wasn’t Frum’s anti-Limbaugh bias, but that the Post should have disclosed something to readers about Frum’s record of…

WaPo Reader's Advocate Wants More Investigation of Alleged Tea-Party R

April 11th, 2010 9:09 AM
Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander called for more investigation of Democrats' allegations of racial slurs from Tea Party protesters on Capitol Hill, even noting Andrew Breitbart's $100,000 challenge for evidence. He  concluded his Sunday column: Breitbart's $100,000 challenge may be publicity-seeking theater. But it's part of widespread conservative claims that mainstream media,…

WaPo Continues Drum Beat for Gay Rights

March 25th, 2010 4:22 PM
Despite a claim by Washington Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander, that "accusations of journalistic overkill" in the newspaper's recent coverage of same-sex marriage are "off-base," the Post itself keeps piling up evidence of its pro-gay agenda. The Culture and Media Institute found that between March 3, the day after same-sex couples could being applying for marriage licenses in the…

Bias by the Numbers: WaPo Giddy Over Gay Marriage

March 12th, 2010 12:04 PM
In seven days, the Washington Post: Ran 11 articles related to D.C.'s new law allowing same-sex marriage. Devoted 543 inches of column space to the ruling - equal to nearly four full pages. Printed 14 photos of gay celebrations, including a prominent one of two men kissing. Quoted supporters 11 times more often than opponents - 67 to 6. Repeatedly compared gay marriage…

WaPo Environmental Reporter Married to Liberal Climate Lobbyist; Ombud

November 4th, 2009 11:09 PM

The 'Non-Ideological' Media May Hire Too Many Liberals

September 21st, 2009 7:16 AM

Washington Post Apologizes for Praiseworthy Portrayal of Gay Marriage

September 6th, 2009 7:10 PM
Outraged advocates of same-sex marriage have forced the Washington Post into an apology for running a features piece last week that portrayed an opponent as more than an evil, bigoted, hatemongering fundamentalist.The profile examined Brian Brown, executive director of the National Organization for Marriage, one of the groups that lobbied for Proposition 8, the hotly-contested California State…