@Astigmatism: Which, to clarify, does not mean that the Post is liberal, but the fact is that it's attacked vociferously by both the right and left, and that it still has as many liberal voices as conservative ones.
@Astigmatism: The problem is a bunch of its "liberal" voices, with a few exceptions, are so in thrall to the idea of Washington and its establishment that they end up being useless. Their metro political guys are good though!
@Astigmatism: agreed. this premise that the Washington Post is part of the right wing conspiracy is absurd. Its a fairly moderate paper. Gawker is acting like anyone investigating the president is horrible. The media should naturally be suspicious and inquisitive, no matter who's in charge.
And for everyone questioning its quality, was it not just two years ago that it won more Pulitzers than the NY Times?
Utterly cannot stand the Washington Post, which is weirdly invoked all the time by right-wing sorts as a prime example of the "liberal media". Which is incomprehensible to me. What a rotten little rat-fuck town the Beltway is, idiots misleading other idiots with venal intent, into disasters like Iraq. And absolving themselves of any responsibility, instant forgetfulness of the previous 8 years.
The soul-sucking cynicism and dishonesty of the DC media is actually something to behold.
@Baroness: Utterly cannot stand the Washington Post, which is weirdly invoked all the time by right-wing sorts as a prime example of the "liberal media". Which is incomprehensible to me.
The right wing doesn't read the articles. They just look at the Tom Toles cartoons.
@Baroness: applause. the wapo used to be a real newspaper, but that was two generations ago, in career years. epic freaking first amendment public trust fail
talkingpointsmemo.com is the future, and the knight foundation gave them a $5.m grant to partner archiving and digitizing original source docs with the nyt: serious, sourced reporting + clear perspective and commentary = win
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I look forward to reading Froomkin's blog at Politico or The Atlantic. Watch him kick The Post's ass.
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And for everyone questioning its quality, was it not just two years ago that it won more Pulitzers than the NY Times?
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The soul-sucking cynicism and dishonesty of the DC media is actually something to behold.
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The right wing doesn't read the articles. They just look at the Tom Toles cartoons.
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talkingpointsmemo.com is the future, and the knight foundation gave them a $5.m grant to partner archiving and digitizing original source docs with the nyt: serious, sourced reporting + clear perspective and commentary = win
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