Networks Censor ABC Poll Finding 53 Percent Oppose Assault Weapons Ban
December 16th, 2015 6:00 PM
ABC's morning and evening newscasts, along with those of competitors CBS and NBC, have yet to cover on the latest Washington Post/ABC poll finding that 53 percent of Americans oppose a new assault weapons ban. This is the "first time in more than 20 years of ABC News/Washington Post polls, with the public expressing vast doubt that the authorities can prevent 'lone wolf' terrorist attacks and a…
WashPost Reporter: GOP Debate Is ‘Old White Men Yelling At Each Other'
Culture
December 16th, 2015 9:51 AM
So much for neutral journalism. Ishaan Tharoor, Foreign affairs reporter for The Washington Post, went on a tirade on Twitter Tuesday evening, bashing the GOP debate in multiple tweets, but perhaps his worst statement was calling the undercard debate “a bunch of old white men yelling at each other.”
Not exactly original coming from a liberal -- but neither is it something a reporter from one of…
Wash Post Hails Liberal Howard Stern: Now Has a 'Social Conscience’
December 15th, 2015 6:33 PM
The Washington Post on Tuesday hailed the new “social conscience” of shock jock Howard Stern. This, of course, means the radio star has become more outspokenly liberal. In a story by Libby Copeland, the journalist charted Stern’s changes over the last 20 years.
WaPo Calls ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ One of 2015’s ‘Biggest Pinocchios’
Culture
December 15th, 2015 4:47 PM
Better late than never.
The Black Lives Matter rallying phrase, “Hands up, don’t shoot,” was one of the biggest lies told this year, according to the Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler, in his annual end-of-the-year fact-checker.
Washington Post regurgita fracasada calumnia de Univisión contra Rubio
Latino
December 14th, 2015 7:02 PM
Bueno, eso iba a ocurrir en algún momento. "Eso", desde luego, es que otro órgano importante de la prensa nacional intentaría refreír y regurgitar el informe en el centro de la fracasada estrategia de Univisión para perjudicar a Rubio en 2011.
WaPo Rehashes Univision's Failed Rubio Drug Smear
Latino
December 14th, 2015 10:52 AM
The Washington Post joins its GOP presidential forum partner, Univision, rehashing a 2011 narco-by-association smear of Marco Rubio.
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Even WashPost Admits Gun Laws Would Not Have Stopped Shootings
December 10th, 2015 4:35 PM
After Florida Senator Marco Rubio rejected demands from the hosts of CBS This Morning for gun control in a recent December 4 interview, Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler took it upon himself to examine the claim. Much to the chagrin of the rest of the liberal media, he found: “Rubio’s statement stands up to scrutiny – at least for the recent past, as he framed it....He earns a rare…
Time Names Merkel 'Person of the Year,' Lauds 'Leading From Behind'
December 9th, 2015 11:58 AM
In an announcement which deservedly carries far less weight than it has in the past, Time Magazine (1997 circulation, 4.2 million; current circuation, 3.3 million) has named German chancellor Angela Merkel its 2015 Person of the Year.
The stated reason for her selection: "Not once or twice but three times this year there has been reason to wonder whether Europe could continue to exist, not…
WashPost Tabloid Touts Random HuffPost Commenter Slamming Erickson
December 7th, 2015 11:06 PM
Near the back of The Washington Post tabloid Express on Monday, the publication used a commenter from a Huffington Post article to slam conservative radio host Erick Erickson’s decision to fire bullets into a copy of the front-page New York Times gun control editorial from Saturday and questioned Erickson’s competence to own a gun.
Even Mother Jones Spurns Stat of 355 Mass Shootings This Year; It's 4
December 6th, 2015 1:06 AM
At the Washington Post's Wonkblog on Wednesday, Christopher Ingraham claimed that the San Bernardino massacre, which we now know was an act of Islamic terrorism, was the "355th" mass shooting "this year." A Google search on "355th mass shooting this year" (not in quotes) indicates that the stat has become a media meme, repeated at places like the Today Show, PBS, NPR, NBCnews.com, and too many…
WashPost Book Editor Ron Charles: 'Prejudice Has So Poisoned the West'
December 5th, 2015 6:30 PM
On Wednesday, Washington Post book editor Ron Charles raved over a French novel called The Age of Reinvention. The headline on the front of the Style section was “A French tale of Islamophobia and deception that feels eerily timely.”
Charles explained “it has taken more than two years for Karine Tuil’s sensational tale of Islamophobia to drift across the Atlantic. Now, though, in a horrific…
After Terror, NYT Changes Subject to Guns in PR-Stunt Page 1 Editorial
December 5th, 2015 9:27 AM
After the massacre by radical Islamists who killed 14 and wounded 21 more in San Bernardino, Calif., the New York Times took its tasteless grandstanding on gun control literally to the front, in a rare front-page editorial, "The Gun Epidemic" calling for bans on civilian ownership for certain types of rifles and ammunition. After joining the New York Daily News' anti-prayer brigade, the publicity…
WashPost Plays Dumb on Page 1: 'Motive Elusive' in California Rampage
December 4th, 2015 2:07 PM
After all of the breaking news about terrorist motives yesterday, Friday morning’s Washington Post was silly with the top headline “Motive elusive in deadly Calif. rampage.”
The story even had a subhead admitting “Arsenal found in home of the two shooters.” It began with how authorities were “still trying” to locate a motive “even as they revealed the two attackers had amassed a large stockpile…
Powerless: Environmentalists Look to Algae, Reject Fracking, Nuclear
Business
December 4th, 2015 10:51 AM
Biofuels should serve as an instructive lesson for negotiators in Paris, because they are proof that not all energy sources work as well as anticipated. But journalists are unlikely to remind them or the public.
The early 2000s were the heyday of good press for biofuels. Major newspapers like The New York Times ran stories about Willie Nelson’s biodiesel startup and individuals converting their…