WaPo: Venezuela Has Acquired 1,800 Russian Missiles; AP, NYT Snooze

Tom Blumer
December 13th, 2010 2:24 PM
A useful guideline in evaluating the significance of a national security-related news story first revealed by someone in the establishment press is whether other media outlets pick it up. If they don't, it's probably significant. Such is the case with the Washington Post's Saturday story about Venezuela acquiring 1,800 Russian antiaircraft missiles. That appears to be 1,700 more than…
 

WaPo Notes Chavez Backing for FARC Terrorists, Six Days After WSJ Had

Ken Shepherd
May 15th, 2008 11:22 AM
Six days after Wall Street Journal's Jose de Cordoba and Jay Solomon published their front-pager, "Chávez Aided Colombia Rebels, Captured Computer Files Show," the Washington Post turned out its coverage of the development by staffer Juan Forero, who pulled a few punches by failing to directly finger Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez: CARACAS, Venezuela, May 14 -- High-ranking officials in…