Tag Archives: WaPo

Obama X

Either the Washington Post has really cut back on their proofreading team or somebody can’t tell the difference between Malcolm X and Barack Obama. Gawker has the photo that was supposed to run.

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Quote Of The Day – WaPo Ombudsman

“Did the Post go too far? Of course not. The photo deserved to be in newspaper and on its Web site, and it warranted front-page display. News photos capture reality. And the prominent display reflects the historic significance of what was occurring. The recent D.C. Council decision to approve same-sex marriage was the culmination of a decades-long gay rights fight …

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WaPo Watch

Via Media Matters: The Washington Post published in its news pages an article by The Fiscal Times — “an independent digital news publication reporting on fiscal, budgetary, health-care and international economics issues” — that promoted the creation of a task force to reduce the deficit in part through cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. But the Post did not …

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Quote Of The Day – Sarah Palin

“I’ve always believed that policy should be based on sound science, not politics. As governor of Alaska, I took a stand against politicized science when I sued the federal government over its decision to list the polar bear as an endangered species despite the fact that the polar bear population had more than doubled. I got clobbered for my actions …

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Correction Of The Day

From the Washington Post: A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number. Get up-uh, get get get down.

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PhoboQuotable – Ken Cuccinelli

“Homosexual acts are intrinsically wrong. And I think in a natural law-based country it’s appropriate to have policies that reflect that. They don’t comport with natural law. I happen to think that it represents (to put it politely; I need my thesaurus to be polite) behavior that is not healthy to an individual and in aggregate is not healthy to …

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WaPo Ombudsman Apologizes For Puff Piece On NOM’s Brian Brown

The ombudsman for the Washington Post has posted an apology for last week’s glowing profile of NOM’s executive director, Brian Brown. [I]t deprived readers of hearing from others who have battled Brown and find him uncivil and bigoted. To them, he represents injustice. They should have been heard, at length. “In a profile piece, for a controversial figure like that …

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WaPo Profiles NOM Head Brian Brown

The Washington Post has published a glowing profile of Brian Brown, the executive director of the National Organization for Marriage, whom they describe “ruthlessly sane” and “instantly likeable.” Is it possible, in 2009, to avoid the title of “gay basher” while dedicating your life to preventing a portion of the population from participating in a legal process allowed to other …

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Influence Peddling Scandal Rocks Washington Post

The Washington Post has just canceled an event with lobbyists amid an explosive scandal that they’d been selling the lobbyists access to powerful politicians and their own reporters and editors. Politico has the story: Washington Post Publisher and Chief Executive Officer Katharine Weymouth said today she was cancelling plans for an exclusive “salon” at her home where, for as much …

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WaPo Says Yes To UAFA

Calling it the righting of a “gross unfairness”, today the Washington Post editorialized in favor of the Uniting American Families Act, which would allow the foreign partners of same-sex binational couples the same rights as married heterosexuals. The strain of the status quo on gay and lesbian binational couples should not be discounted. Because their relationships are not legally recognized …

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