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WashPost Repeatedly Botches Fact Check of Trump’s SOTU Address
February 12th, 2019 3:49 PM
Two days after airing a Super Bowl commercial that depicts journalists as people of great importance and integrity, The Washington Post published an error-ridden fact check of President Trump’s State of the Union address. Written by Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo, and Meg Kelly, it contains an array of half-truths, straw men, and outright falsehoods.

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MSNBC Scoffs: 'Not Great Look' for ‘White Male’ GOP to Rebuke Omar
February 12th, 2019 3:09 PM
The media spent Tuesday morning rushing to Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar’s aid, after she was criticized from both parties for making an anti-Semitic comment on Twitter, (not her first.) Politico first ran a story praising Omar as a “superstar villain” for the right, while MSNBC took that headline and ran a segment on MSNBC Live with Craig Melvin, trying to spin the Democrat scandal as a problem for…

WashPost Fact Squad Gently Taps Ilhan Omar With '2 Pinocchios'
February 12th, 2019 2:41 PM
The Washington Post "Fact Checker" has thrown a penalty flag at freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D.-Minn.), but not about her scandalous chatter about Israel. It's about wages paid at McDonald's. She mangled her numbers badly -- by as much as 300 percent -- but chief "Fact Checker" Glenn Kessler only rated this as "2 Pinocchios," or "half true." Half?

Soros-Funded Activists Demand Tech Companies Stop Aiding GOP
February 11th, 2019 2:19 PM
Silicon Valley is full of opportunities for political donations. But a Soros-funded organization wants to make sure any support goes to the correct side of the political spectrum.

WashPost Fact Checker Hides the Pinocchios for Team Ocasio-Cortez
February 11th, 2019 2:16 PM
The Washington Post Fact Checker page has a habit of “hiding the Pinocchios” for Democrats when liberal staffers aggressively engage them. This happened again early Monday with the much-mocked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talking points for the “Green New Deal.” Post “fact checker” Salvador Rizzo admitted the new congresswoman and her supporters misled the public, but they were “walked back,” so "we…

WashPost Sneers: Trump to Stoke Evangelical Fears at Prayer Breakfast
Culture
February 7th, 2019 11:03 AM
When The Washington Post covers religion, the articles mainly serve as reminders of the paper’s almost otherworldly ignorance of the topic, leavened by the occasional inspirational column about social justice rummage sales from the lesbian pastor of The Eternal Woke Church and Vegan Coffee Bar. The original headline was “At the National Prayer Breakfast, Trump likely to play on white evangelicals…

WashPost Celebrates Pelosi's 'Exquisite Rudeness' to Trump
February 6th, 2019 10:42 PM
Washington Post "gender and society" columnist Monica Hesse wasn't a bit shy about being a Democrat cheerleader after the president's big speech. Her column was headlined "The exquisite shade of Nancy Pelosi’s applause at the State of the Union." The Post also used the term "exquisite rudeness" in social media.
Slaughter of the Innocents Reaches New Depths
February 6th, 2019 6:18 PM
The uproar over New York State's Reproductive Health Act, which allows late-term abortions performed by “health-care practitioners” when the “patient is within 24 weeks from the commencement of pregnancy, or there is an absence of fetal viability or the abortion is necessary to protect the patient's life or health” should come as no surprise. These and similar efforts in other states are the…

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Only NBC Fails to Note Warren Used Minority Status to Advance Career
February 6th, 2019 10:27 AM
All three morning network shows Wednesday included reports on the bombshell that broke late February 5 by the Washington Post, revealing Sen. Elizabeth Warren identified as an “American Indian” on her registration card for the State Bar of Texas. Only NBC omitted the fact that this proves Warren had lied about never using her supposed minority status to advance her career.

WashPost Puzzles at Ivanka’s ‘Prickly’ Reaction to Sexist Depiction
Culture
February 6th, 2019 6:56 AM
I guess “Ivanka Barefoot and Pregnant in the Kitchen” was too on the nose. A live “art” installation titled “Ivanka Vacuuming” has come to DC and instead of running it out of town as sexist and demeaning, as they would if it were almost any other woman, liberals are delighted.

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Ingraham Highlights WashPost Double Standard on Sex Assault Claims
February 5th, 2019 6:33 PM
As NewsBusters has previously reported, The Washington Post has double standards when it comes to their coverage of politicians; gladly digging up nasty opposition research on Republicans while not doing such a thorough job when it comes to the Democrats. During Monday’s edition of The Ingraham Angle, host Laura Ingraham brought up another example of the Post’s double standards; this time…

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Ruth Marcus: WashPost Super Bowl Ad Was Not Ad for Washington Post
February 4th, 2019 5:09 PM
Appearing on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports on Monday, Washington Post Deputy Editorial Page Editor Ruth Marcus applauded her paper’s decision to spend money on an expensive Super Bowl ad. She even claimed that the commercial wasn’t actually meant to promote the Post, despite the logo being shown at the end of Sunday night’s pricey spot.

WashPost Covers ‘Menstrual Equity,’ But Ignores Major Pro-Life Rally
February 4th, 2019 3:57 PM
The Washington Post in Sunday's print paper ignored a major pro-life rally in Virginia, protesting comments by state-wide Democrats that some consider to be encouraging infanticide. Yet, the same paper last week found time for “activists calling for “menstrual equity” at the Education Department.

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Tucker Carlson Slams WashPost as 'Shills' for Missing Northam Photos
February 3rd, 2019 7:41 AM
As Newsbusters has previously reported, The Washington Post quickly rushed to the defense of Virginia’s Democratic Governor Ralph Northam after a racially charged photo on his medical school yearbook page surfaced. The picture in question featured a man in blackface standing next to a man in a KKK robe. Fox News host Tucker Carlson singled out The Post on his show Friday night, accusing the paper…