Post's Paley Omits Facts, Focuses on Politics in Stock Sale Story
The Washington Post's Amit Paley did an excellent job giving a balanced, factual report just four days ago on arecent stock sale by Sallie Mae chairman Albert Lord. His February 14 Business section article, however, is a different matter. Instead of digging for evidence on both sides, Paley relayed Democratic complaints and clipped a quote from a company spokesman.You can read my full article at…
Smithsonian to Ollie North: You Can't Come In With Your Fox News Camer
Washington Post arts reporter Jacqueline Trescott reports on the front page of the Style section today that the Smithsonian Institution (with its fresh new contract with the Showtime cable network) is shutting Oliver North's Fox News Channel cameras out:The Smithsonian Institution rejected a request from Oliver North to film a stand-up in front of the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the first…
Teddy Hails Helen Thomas: 'One of the Greatest Reporters' In American
Jose Antonio Vargas covered the Washington Press Club Foundation dinner in the capital last night for The Washington Post, and the liberals were handing over the highest compliments to one honoree, long-standing leftist UPI reporter Helen Thomas, now a Hearst columnist and author of a book scolding the rest of the press corps for being Bush tools: On behalf of the House of Representatives, we…