Post Peddles Liberal Spin on Abstinence-Ed Study
UPDATE at bottom of postCiting a new study that shows no statistical difference in sexual activity between kids taught abstinence-only sex ed and kids taught about contraceptives, the April 14 Washington Post presented the results as a moral and scientific vindication for critics of abstinence-only education.From the get-go, abstinence-only proponents were dealt a short hand in reporter Laura…
WashPost Columnist Colbert King: Bash Imus, Don't Change the Subject t
Washington Post columnist Colbert King used his usual top-of-the-op-ed-page column on Saturday to bashing Don Imus and anyone who would shift the subject to vicious rap lyrics, "as if that absolves the 66-year-old broadcaster of marking the young collegians with a despicable label." He didn't want anyone changing the subject to Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson either: To shift the argument, as some…
WashPost Publicizes Gay Bus Crusade Against 'Oppressive' Conservative
The Washington Post Style section on Friday featured a front-page story on the gay-left group Soulforce and their so-called "Equality Ride" to conservative Christian colleges trying to stir up fights and publicity. Hanna Rosin's story was headlined "Young, Gay Christians On A Bumpy Bus Ride."
Post Presents Radical Group Critical of Starbucks as Labor Union
Starbucks. Many Americans may think the Seattle-based coffee chain is generally well-liked by its employees and generally well-liked by liberals, but to some left-wing organizers, it's the new Wal-Mart. Sooner or later the Washington Post was going to notice. And so today's paper splashed its Style section cover page with a David Segal story about Daniel Gross, a "scruffy college grad" that…
Departed 'B.C.' Cartoonist Johnny Hart Gets Little Love from Post Humo
Newsbusters senior editor Tim Graham wrote earlier today about how the Washington Post chose to focus on religious controversies in its obituary of cartoonist Johnny Hart.Not to be outdone, Post magazine humor columnist Gene Weingarten found room to slam Hart's Christian faith in his online chat today. A reader/chat participant did seem to egg him into it, but all the same it's rather tasteless…
WashPost Makes Fun of Newt's YouTube Spanish Accent in a Debate about
The Washington Post’s Jose Antonio Vargas wrote about former Rep. House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s recent remarks, which were mischaracterized as calling immigrants’ native languages “ghetto” and Newt’s subsequent YouTube mea culpa, which set the Internet ablaze with snickering about his “bad” Spanish (emphasis mine throughout):The apology was delivered in English and Spanish, with the three-minute…
