Washington Post

WashPost Delights In New Scalia Play: 'Enter, Stage (Far) Right'
March 8th, 2015 8:18 AM
The Washington Post never tires of finding and identifying ultraconservatives. On the front of Sunday’s Arts & Style section was the headline “ENTER, STAGE (FAR) RIGHT: It isn’t at all unusual for Justice Antonin Scalia to be at the center of drama. But actor Edward Gero brings it to a new stage.”
The Post writes routinely of ultraliberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg and barely detects an ideology,…

MSNBC, Post, Other Media Still Link Snowfall to Global Warming
March 6th, 2015 9:04 AM
Throughout the harsh winter of 2015, news media and TV talk shows continued to connect global warming and “manmade climate change” to blizzards and snowstorms, in spite of scientific disagreement.
Leading up to the latest snowstorm, the media doubled down on the assertion they have making for months that even winter weather can be blamed on climate change.

Hopeful NYT: 'A Pleasant Surprise' for Govt. That Kennedy Might Flip
March 5th, 2015 11:19 AM
The New York Times on Thursday sounded a hopeful tone about oral arguments regarding ObamaCare, yet again in the Supreme Court. The headline for the Adam Liptak story trumpeted, "At Least One Justice Is in Play as Supreme Court Hears Affordable Care Act Case." After noting that "the court’s four liberal members voiced strong support for the administration’s position," Liptak hyped, "In a…

WashPost Lauds NBA Legend's 'Vital, Dynamic' Liberal Voice
March 1st, 2015 8:28 PM
The Sunday Washington Post boosted NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as a writer for Time magazine and a “new kind of public intellectual.” So what’s a little funny by the time you read through this puff piece is this: Where are the actual quotes from his political and religious commentary? There aren’t any.
Post reporter Geoff Edgers wrote under the headline “Showtime for a mover and a Laker.” One…

WashPost Tabloid Boosts John Oliver, 'Net Hero' for the Cyber Left
February 28th, 2015 8:48 PM
The front page of Friday’s Washington Post wasn’t at all objective about the FCC’s imposition of a “net neutrality” regime. The headline was “FCC makes Internet history: PROVIDERS DEEMED PUBLIC UTILITIES / New regulations aim to keep Web fair and open.”
The same thing happened on the cover of the Post’s Express tabloid, where liberal HBO host John Oliver was honored. “Net hero: The FCC’s ruling…

AP Report on Wisconsin Right to Work Move Presents Union Side Only
February 27th, 2015 11:28 PM
A couple of thousand protesters have showed up to rail against the Wisconsin Legislature's move to pass right to work legislation this week.
That number is far smaller than what was seen four years ago, when Badger State Governor Scott Walker championed Act 10, a budget repair bill which limited — but please note, contrary to frequent press assertions, did not eliminate — most public-sector…

Fiscal Times Falsely Claims Food Stamp Caseload Is Down 11 Percent
February 27th, 2015 9:01 PM
The Fiscal Times is a generally strong and informative online publication. That said, it has occasionally exhibits symptoms of what could be seen as either serious leftist bias, quite disappointing ignorance, or both.
One such example arrived in my email box early this morning. It contained the following headline and opening tease for a story about the food stamp program:
Nets Spend Six Mins on Runaway Llamas, But Skip Clinton Ethics Story
February 26th, 2015 10:19 PM
After ABC and NBC failed to cover a front-page story in The Washington Post on Thursday morning about ethics questions surrounding the Clinton Foundation, their evening news counterparts continued the blackout by showing no interest in this story -- yet allocated nearly six minutes to efforts to catch two runaway llamas in Arizona.

Eugene Robinson: 'Obama Derangement Syndrome' Will Harm GOP in '16
February 25th, 2015 4:26 PM
One of MSNBC’s favorite contributors, Eugene Robinson, graced Monday’s Washington Post with an opinion article that accused Republicans of “Obama Derangement Syndrome.” In an article entitled “Deranged by Obama, Republicans are spouting nonsense,” Robinson described the “feverish delirium” of those who dare to criticize President Obama for being unpatriotic.
According to the Post…

Bozell & Graham Column: Obama Criticism Should Be Banned?
February 24th, 2015 10:47 PM
Some might insist Barack Obama is a lame duck, but our national media elite still think of him as a very graceful swan. When this man comes under criticism, journalists are incapable of any sense of objectivity, balance, or fairness. The accuser must be forced to withdraw the criticism, or be punished.
First, Rudy Giuliani said at an event for Gov. Scott Walker that the president doesn’t love…

WashPost Media Blogger Slow to Note Conflict of Interest on O'Reilly
February 24th, 2015 7:19 AM
Washington Post media blogger Erik Wemple devoted a whole post to a fuss caused by David Corn of Mother Jones magazine claiming Bill O’Reilly exaggerated the drama of covering the Falkland Islands war for CBS in 1982. The left is trying to knock off O’Reilly after the Brian Williams scandal.
At the very bottom of the post was this: “(Disclosure: The wife of the Erik Wemple Blog works for Mother…

WashPost Whacks 'Expensive Tastes of Jeb Bush's Wife'
February 23rd, 2015 10:34 PM
Monday’s Washington Post carried a large piece on page A-3 by reporter Karen Tumulty and research editor Alice Crites on the jewelry-shopping habits of Jeb Bush’s wife Columba. The headline was “Documents show the expensive tastes of Jeb Bush’s wife.”
The story began: “In 1999, Columba Bush, the famously private wife of then-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, was detained and fined by federal customs…

WashPost Puff Piece on Obama Library Leaves Out Leftist Protesters
February 23rd, 2015 9:03 AM
On their front page Monday, The Washington Post explored Team Obama’s pursuit of a presidential library to further his legacy. The headline was “Which side of Chicago is Obama’s kind of town?”
The story by Nick Anderson lovingly chronicles the people campaigning for Obama’s “presidential center,” and contained zero mention of a recent left-wing “die-in” against the more upscale option at the…

WashPost's Milbank Accuses Walker of Giuliani-Related 'Cowardice'
February 23rd, 2015 12:08 AM
In his Friday Washington Post column, Dana Milbank accused Scott Walker of "cowardice" which "ought to disqualify him as a serious presidential contender."
Walker's alleged "cowardice" was his failure to disown the following remark made by New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani: “I do not believe that the president loves America.” Last time I checked, Rudy's entitled to his opinion, and Walker's…