Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen is losing it. From his column yesterday: In the biographies of both presidential candidates are episodes of pure wonderment. No man can read about McCain's time as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam and not wonder, "Could I do that?" For most of us, the answer -- the truthful […]
The Washington Post has an "expose" on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's use of the per diem. The breathless headline: "Palin Billed State for Nights Spent at Home; Taxpayers Also Funded Family's Travel." A few things to note: First, as governor, her "home" is the governor's residence in Juneau. Her Wasilla home is not considered her […]
The New York Times is getting some grief -- perhaps deserved -- for its seeming failure to consistently label GOP vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a governor. A secondary complaint is that the married Palin is also described as Ms. and not Mrs. The article in question is this one, a […]
Clark Hoyt has been a tremendous disappointment as the New York Times' public editor. The skepticism that an experienced reporter like Hoyt should have to authority vanishes far too often when it comes to his own boss. Today, Hoyt covers for the Times' embarrassing reporting on Sarah Palin. Let's start with this: And, yes, it […]
Compare and contrast The New York Times editorial page then and now. Then: Where is it written that only senators are qualified to become President?...Or where is it written that mere representatives aren’t qualified, like Geraldine Ferraro of Queens?...Where is it written that governors and mayors, like Dianne Feinstein of San Francisco, are too local, […]
First off, I finally got to see the entireity of Gov. Sarah Palin's address when the late-night replay came on. She did well. I don't think it is difficult for the public to see her as a potential vice president -- and that was the most important thing. I also got to catch Giuliani's address […]
The two big news stories today are Hurricane Gustav and the revelation that Gov. Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is pregnant. Bristol will be keeping the baby and marrying the father, known only as Levi. The first story matters. The second does not. The news was announced today in response to the loony left Internet […]
An ABC reporter was arrested today for taking pictures on a public sidewalk of Democrat bigwigs and donors as they left a meeting at a Denver hotel. DENVER -- Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic […]
Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Powell has crunched the numbers -- both in photos and words -- and it should come as little surprise that Obama is getting substantially more photos and stories than his GOP rival. The explanations are predictable, and to some extent may be true. But, as Howell acknowledges, it doesn't look good.
For the mainstream media, supermarket tabloids like the National Enquirer are the strippers to the MSM's prima ballerinas -- it's not that the strippers are doing anything illegal, but it's base and unseemly. Moliere famously likened writing to prostitution: "First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for […]