Archive for the 'The Washington Post' Category
“Rolling Over In Her Grave” Seems Like An Understatement For How Katharine Graham Is Metaphorically Reacting
Posted on December 10, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under The Washington Post, the media | Leave a Comment
Can the Kaplan Test Prep company please just put the Post out of its misery now? At the point where unpaid high school interns are apparently the only editors over there, it’s time to cut everyone’s losses and move on.
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It’s Funny Because You Supposedly Have One Of America’s Best Newspapers
Posted on August 4, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under The Washington Post, the media | Leave a Comment
Wait, is this satire? I can’t tell; maybe it’s real.
Whoever created this video did a great job. If you don’t get the joke, go read this not so humorous story from last week.
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Short Memories
Posted on June 24, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Dana Milbank, The Washington Post, the media | Leave a Comment
Remember President Obama’s first prime-time press conference after taking office? Remember how The Washington Post wasted its question on Alex Rodriguez and steroids, of all things?
Yeah, Dana Milbank should probably STFU now…
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Weekly Routine
Posted on June 16, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Richard Cohen, The Washington Post | Leave a Comment
Not a Tuesday goes by without Richard Cohen embarrassing The Washington Post.
The Washington Post Fans The Flames
Posted on June 12, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Charles Krauthammer, Holocaust Museum shooting, The Washington Post, the media, wingnuts | Leave a Comment
On each of the last two days, the front page of The Washington Post has been dominated by the shooting at the Holocaust Museum. Articles on various aspects of the attack have appeared in almost every section of the paper, thanks to the local nature of the crime. In the opinion section of today’s paper, [...]
Deep Thought
Posted on February 10, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under The Washington Post, the media | 1 Comment
I don’t understand why the newspapers have lost the public’s respect.
Seriously, The Washington Post got to directly ask the president one question in prime time for the whole world to see at a time when that new president is comparing our economic situation to the Great Depression and asking for a spending package of nearly [...]
That Didn’t Take Long
Posted on January 23, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under John McCain, The Washington Post, the media | Leave a Comment
Washington Post, front page, above the fold:
McCain the Maverick Is Back
No one could have seen that one coming.
Fred Hiatt’s Team Pumps Out Another Winner
Posted on December 29, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Paul Krugman, The Washington Post, Virginia, economy, the media | Leave a Comment
Paul Krugman warns the states against cutting their budgets in the face of the collapsing economy, describing the potential of the state governors to become “50 Herbert Hoovers”.
Meanwhile, the Washington Post lauds Virginia Governor Tim Kaine for making “painful but necessary” cuts to the state’s budgets.
Based on past performance, is the Washington Post editiorial board [...]
Endorsements
Posted on October 17, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, The Washington Post, the media | Leave a Comment
Despite its editorial board’s repeated blunders over the last few years, especially on Iraq, I still care about the Post’s endorsements in elections. As such, I feel like this enthusiastic endorsement of Barack Obama is a big deal. I know that no one really listens to newspaper endorsements (at least when it comes to national [...]
What The Fuck Is A “NoMa”?
Posted on August 11, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under DC, The Washington Post | Leave a Comment
Dear Washington Post,
Please don’t publish entire articles in your business section using a cutesy nickname for a neighborhood without once noting the actual name of the neighborhood or describing its location. “[T]he area north of Capitol Hill and Union Station” technically describes roughly half of the city’s landmass, and, while my intention is not to [...]
Better Than Twelve Days Of Chandra Levy
Posted on July 22, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Richard Cohen, The Washington Post, the media | 3 Comments
Richard Cohen totally wrecks all of those young punks and their crazy tatoos. This column is timely, relevant, and worthy of the Washington Post’s op/ed page.
If Richard Cohen fails to win a Pullitzer this year, someone has some serious explaining to do.
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The Game Changer Everyone Chose To Ignore
Posted on July 21, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Barack Obama, Iraq war, Nouri al-Maliki, The Washington Post, the media | Leave a Comment
All weekend I watched to see how The Washington Post would play Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s endorsement of Barack Obama’s withdrawal timeframe. All weekend the Post buried the story in the middle of longer articles dealing with Obama’s world travels.
Iraq’s elected leader has unambiguously declared that Barack Obama’s plan for Iraq is more in [...]
Raison d’etre
Posted on July 4, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under The Washington Post, Tom Toles, the media | Leave a Comment
Atrios asks:
What Is The Washington Post Op-Ed Page For?
It isn’t to inform, so it must serve some other purpose. What exactly is it?
Discuss.
A good question, but (somewhat surprisingly) I do have an answer: A home for Tom Toles.
No, I don’t understand why two full pages of crap are necessary for one little corner [...]
Worst. Columnist. Ever.
Posted on June 24, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Richard Cohen, The Washington Post, the media | Leave a Comment
Richard Cohen says we can’t trust Barack Obama because he was never tortured by the North Koreans North Vietnamese*. No, really, that’s what he says.
But here is the difference between McCain and Obama — and Obama had better pay attention. McCain is a known commodity. It’s not just that he’s been around a long time [...]
Doing McCain’s Work For Him
Posted on May 27, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under E.J. Dionne, Richard Cohen, The Washington Post | Leave a Comment
The usually quite good E. J. Dionne endorses the ridiculous opinion of two guys trying to sell a book:
The reaction of too many progressives to patriotism is “automatic, allergic recoil,” say two young Seattle writers, Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer, in their important book “The True Patriot.”
Thanks, Dionne, for giving this smear additional legs in [...]
Late-Night Top Story Check
Posted on March 24, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Iraq war, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the media | Leave a Comment
Check out the dueling subheads.
The Washington Post:
The New York Times:
I’m going to go ahead and put my money on the Times being right on this one.
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