Tabloid Kiss-and-Tell: WaPo Hypes 'NC-17 Prose' About Clarence Thomas

Tim Graham
February 23rd, 2011 8:32 AM
The Washington Post stoops to the tabloid level today. On the front of Wednesday's Style section is this promotional plug: "The Supreme Court justice is only one of many partners whose caresses McEwen graphically recalls in NC-17 prose." The justice is Clarence Thomas, and the author of the steamy passages is Lillian McEwen, a former Joe Biden aide and Clarence Thomas girlfriend. Last…
 

Recycling the Trash Against Clarence Thomas: Is the New Accuser's Moti

Tim Graham
October 22nd, 2010 6:37 PM
The Washington Post is apparently an easy mark for someone selling 19-year-old sex allegations – or in this case pornography allegations against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. In 1991, during the Hill-Thomas hearings, Lillian McEwen kept quiet. But now, she has a memoir she's "shopping to publishers." The Post splashed her face across the front of Friday's Style section. The headline…