Whose Obamacare Stories Are Worth Telling?
Stories about individuals losing their insurance policies are making the national news. But how often do those gaining insurance through the Affordable Care Act make the news?
No, You Still Can’t Trust What the NSA Says
One of the most incendiary revelations from the documents released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden suggests that the NSA’s mass collection of phone records isn’t confined to the United States. Reports in Le Monde (10/21/13) and El Mundo (10/28/13) say the NSA is involved in collecting such data in France and Spain, too—millions of phone records […]
iPads, Flying Pets and Other Things More Newsworthy Than Deadly Drone Strikes
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch both released reports on civilian deaths from US drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen. Despite being front-page news in the New York Times, the reports were absent from the network evening newscasts.
Does Being a Pundit Ever Mean Having to Say You’re Sorry?
“The early denunciations of Snowden now seem both over the top and beside the point,” the Washington Post’s Richard Cohen writes. He should know–he wrote one of them. And now he says his initial reaction was “just plain wrong.”
Somalia Raid Gone Wrong—Anonymous Officials Explain Why
If there’s one thing we know, the Obama White House hates leakers. Especially leaks about sensitive national security issues. Except when the leaks are the official kind.
Shutdown: Media SHOULD Play the Blame Game
Media like to dismiss the partisan “blame game,” but in cases like this placing blame is something that journalism ought to do.
Anonymous Israeli Official Tells Post: You Can’t Trust Persians
Today the Washington Post (10/1/13) has a piece about how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not pleased with the thaw in US/Iran relations. That’s not surprising. But I was a little surprised that reporters David Nakamura and William Booth allowed this: Israeli leaders fear that the international community, and the United States in particular, […]
Alert: Does Post Correspondent Have a Conflict?
FAIR’s latest alert documents the conflict of interest concerning the new Jerusalem correspondent at the Washington Post. If you’re writing to the paper and want to share your letter, please do so in the comments section below.
A ‘Message’ to Iran—or Misinformation?
The Washington Post seems to be portraying “Iran’s effort to get nuclear weapons” as if it were a fact. It’s not–it’s an allegation.
Washington Post: Big Government…Isn’t That Big
The Washington Post wanted to show that big government was still big–but they wound up showing readers mostly the opposite.
Heading to War With Syria
Providing convincing evidence that chemical attacks actually were the work of the Syrian government should be the first order of business. But it’s hard not reach the conclusion that some in the media have already made up their minds.
What’s the Message of Clinton’s Noncampaign for the Office She Might Run for in Three Years?
Hillary Clinton hasn’t announced that she’s running for president in 2016, and launched a campaign yet. But the Washington Post is already complaining that her nonexistent campaign for an office she may or may not seek lacks a clear message. “Clinton’s gender likely would be a significant asset,” writes chief correspondent Dan Balz (8/12/13), adding: […]
Amazon, WikiLeaks, the Washington Post and the CIA
What does Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos have in store for the Washington Post? No one can say for sure, but we can say that when Amazon didn’t like what WikiLeaks was publishing it shut down access to the site.
The Snowden Psychiatric Smear
Attacking Edward Snowden’s character with an amateur understanding of mental health medicine not only distracts from the the secret mass surveillance of U.S. citizens, it also further marginalizes an already highly stigmatized portion of our society.
Barack Obama’s Keystone Media Criticism
In a recent New York Times interview, Barack Obama pointed out that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline probably won’t create many jobs–something we’ve been pointing out here on the FAIR Blog for a long time now,
Racism and Richard Cohen
It’s not everyday that a syndicated columnist endorses racial profiling. But that’s exactly what the Washington Post’s Richard Cohen did in the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict.
Washington Post’s WikiLeaks/Snowden/Greenwald Conspiracy Theory
To Washington Post columnist Walter Pincus, something about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden just doesn’t smell right. Lucky for him he gets space in a prestigious newspaper to work out his hunch–apparently without any editors or factcheckers to get in his way.
Snowden Is Helping Terrorists (But Don’t Quote Me on That)
It looks like we might be on to a new phase in the Edward Snowden saga: anonymous government officials going to compliant media outlets to complain that his revelations have made it easier for terrorists to evade capture.
Washington Post: Let’s Punish Ecuador (Again)
The Washington Post, clearly missing its old left-wing Latin American target, sneers that “replacing the deceased Hugo Chavez as the hemisphere’s preeminent anti-U.S. demagogue” is Correa’s mission.
