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Washington Post Endorses Barack Obama

Published October 16, 2008 in Barack Obama and Washington Post. 12 Comments

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Mr. Obama is a man of supple intelligence, with a nuanced grasp of complex issues and evident skill at conciliation and consensus-building. At home, we believe, he would respond to the economic crisis with a healthy respect for markets tempered by justified dismay over rising inequality and an understanding of the need for focused regulation. [...]

The Post Discusses The Crime, Even As It Warms Up The Getaway Car

Published September 10, 2008 in Media, Media For McCain and Washington Post. 8 Comments

Today there is a story in the Washington Post, discussing the McCain campaign’s fundamental tactic of just lying. Lying about McCain, lying about Palin. If their lips are moving, they are lying. But while the fault does largely lie with McCain and the Republican party for making outright lies one of the legs of the [...]

Is It A GOP Press Release Or A Washington Post Story?

Published August 12, 2008 in Barack Obama, John McCain, Media, Media For McCain and Washington Post. 18 Comments

Just dreadful stuff from the paper that seems on some days to want desperately to be Pravda on the Potomac.
First this.
McCain hails from an America that exalted service to country, and he is the scion of a military family who endured five years in enemy captivity and who preaches a mantra of personal honor and [...]

Journalism In The Modern Age

Published July 30, 2008 in Barack Obama, Media, Newsweek and Washington Post. 64 Comments

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Dana Millbank fakes a quote from Obama, press and GOP run with it. That dastardly “liberal media”.
Check out how MSNBC handles it:
Per a Democratic source, “[The Post] left out the [...]

Media For McCain: McCain “Reconsiders” But Democrats Flip-Flop

Published April 25, 2008 in John McCain, Media, Media For McCain and Washington Post. 4 Comments

The Washington Post links to this story with the home page headline “McCain Reconsiders Tax Policies”. The press will literally tie themselves into knots in order to carry water for McCain without pointing out the obvious: McCain has flip-flopped on practically every major issue in order to appease the hard-right base of his party. The [...]

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