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…
Media Mostly Ignore Whether Pelosi’s Syria Trip Violated The Logan A
Imagine if you will that in September 1996, just days after America launched a missile strike on Baghdad to expand the “no fly zone,” Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich met with Saddam Hussein to discuss foreign policy matters without the permission of President Clinton. Would the media have vociferously discussed the possibility that Gingrich had violated federal law in doing so?If the answer is…
Lauer Pelts Pelosi's Foreign Fling: 'A Lot of People Think She Messed
Call it a flying-pig moment, or chalk it up to his concern for Dems' long-term best interests if you will. But there's no denying that on this morning's "Today," Matt Lauer absolutely unloaded on Nancy Pelosi and her ill-conceived venture into foreign policy.The segment was entitled "Democratic Diplomacy: Has Pelosi Gone Too Far?", virtually answering the question by its very asking. In the…
Life Magazine Looks at 'America's Coolest Churches
UPDATE at bottom of post.Thursday home editions of the Washington Post come equipped with a Life magazine insert, and I was pleasantly surprised with the pro-religious, pro-faith content that graced its pages. The cover for the current issue (April 6 weekend) is: "America's Coolest Churches: The amazing places where presidents, cowboys, and dog lovers go to pray."The cover photo is a…
Washington Post Pounds Pelosi’s Syria Trip as 'Foolish' and 'Ludicro
Better strap yourself in for this one, sports fans, for the Washington Post ran an editorial Thursday harshly criticizing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and the “foolish shuttle diplomacy” she exhibited on her controversial trip to Syria this week. (UPDATE: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert issued a press release denying giving Pelosi a "peace message" for Syria.)Entitled “Pratfall in…
Another Drive-By Headline on Court CO2 Ruling
UPDATE (14:18 EDT): See bottom of post. The front-page teaser headline for today's front page Washington Post article on the Supreme Court's CO2 ruling (emphases below are mine):Court: EPA Violated Clean Air ActSupreme Court rebukes Bush administration for refusing to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.The link takes readers to today's front page article by Robert Barnes and Juliet Eilperin, "…
Signs of a Liberal Media: Yoko Ono Honorifics
One sign that a news outlet is liberal is how they can find nothing controversial in peace protests by long-time avant-garde hippies like Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon. The Washington Post greeted her latest publicity stunt in DC with an honorific article on the front page of the Style section headlined "Yoko Ono's Peaceful Message Takes Root." Jessica Dawson didn't mention how this alleged…
