Tag Archives: Washington Post

Ezra Klein and the Underpants Gnomes

March 3, 2010 – 12:00 pm

Should President Obama politicize the Federal Reserve? If so, what would he accomplish? Ezra Klein of the Washington Post seems to think he should, and that this would somehow magically create jobs – but you would look long and hard for an explanation of how this would work.

By Dan McLaughlin | Posted in Features, The Whip | Also tagged , , | Comments

Creigh Deeds and the Revenge of the Son of Macaca

October 23, 2009 – 11:02 am

Attempting to follow the script of Jim Webb’s narrow win over George Allen in 2006, the Deeds campaign started floating around with visions of Macaca dancing in their heads. Three years in its wake, the lessons of the Macaca incident are about to take down another candidate. But this time, it’s the Democrat.

By Brad Jackson | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments

Washington Post Salons: Worse Than We Thought

July 12, 2009 – 9:32 pm

As noted by Ed Morrissey, the Washington Post’s pay-for-play scheme took place despite the fact that a number of Posties warned against the scheme, citing ethical concerns. This certainly makes the Post look bad; the pay-for-play scheme got hatched not because people like Katharine Weymouth were isolated from ethical concerns, but rather, because Weymouth and executive editor Marcus Brauchli ignored those concerns altogether.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments

Wasted Opportunity? You Betcha.

July 8, 2009 – 11:05 am

Ezra Klein interviewed Henry Waxman about the latter’s new book. Not one question went to the details and possible consequences of Waxman-Markey.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged , , , | Comments

Pay-For-Play: Washington Post Style

July 5, 2009 – 1:03 pm

Katharine Weymouth apologizes for the Washington Post’s planned pay-for-play scheme involving Obama Administration officials. The apology is nice to have, but it leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Six sets of them, by my count.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments

The Washington Post And Access For Cash

July 3, 2009 – 12:58 am

It appears that the Post is now backing away from its pay-to-play-with-Obama-Administration-officials promises.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged , , , , | Comments

If We Still Need Evidence That Old Media Is Dying . . .

July 2, 2009 – 9:14 am

All we have to do is look to the Politico’s startling report about the ethics–or lack thereof–of the Washington Post:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged , , | Comments

The Illusion of Being Well-Informed: Media’s Broken Business Model

May 18, 2009 – 10:03 am

There’s a lot going on in the world of media, and the pace has been picking up in just the last few months. You know that the ongoing financial crisis has put a lot of very famous newspapers right up to the edge of going out of business. You also probably know why: because their business model is totally broken, and they’ve been denying it for years. This year, they all found that they couldn’t stop denying it.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments

Your “Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda . . . Didn’t” Post Of The Day

April 22, 2009 – 12:30 am

Greg Sargent, formerly of Talking Points Memo, and now of the Washington Post (make of that what you will; I know what conclusions I draw), informs us that Democrats coulda, woulda, shoulda won the 2004 election.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments

The Awful Anti-Semitism of The Washington Post’s Pat Oliphant

March 31, 2009 – 2:20 am

I’ve been living in Israel and writing about it for so long that very little people say or think about it shocks me anymore. So I must thank Pat Oliphant and the Washington Post for reminding me that I am, thankfully, not nearly as desensitized as I imagined.

By Benjamin Kerstein | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments
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