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Washington Post Announces Paywall

Washington Post Announces Paywall

The fewer people who read the Washington Post, the better it is for America: The Washington Post will charge for access to its website beginning this summer. The move, which the company announced on Monday, confirms recent rumors and ends

The Politics of Dead Children

Last week we saw what can happen when a photo of a dead child is used to make a political point. The photo, which appeared on the front page of the Washington Post, showed a 10-month-old victim of an Israeli

Reports: Grand jury investigating Senator Menendez

Reports: Grand jury investigating Senator Menendez

A grand jury is investigating New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s ties to Democratic Party mega-donor Dr. Salomon Melgen, the Washington Post reports. The Post’s Carol Leonnig and Peter Wallsten cite “three people aware of the probe” as saying a Miami

Obama Job Approval Collapses to 44%

Obama Job Approval Collapses to 44%

**UPDATE: This is a poll of voters in the bellwether swing-state of Pennsylvania, a state Obama won by a margin of 52.6 to 46.6. A Quinnipiac poll released today confirms what we’re seeing throughout the polling world about the state of

Ron Meyer, Age 23, Explores Run for Congress

Ron Meyer, Age 23, Explores Run for Congress

Conservative spokesman Ron Meyer, 23, announced on Wednesday that he is forming an exploratory committee for a possible 2014 run for Congress against Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA). If elected, Meyer, who will turn 25 just prior to the election, would

WaPo Reports on Public's Growing Disillusionment with Obama

WaPo Reports on Public's Growing Disillusionment with Obama

Yesterday, I complained somewhat loudly that the media was collectively ignoring Obama’s fall from grace in the polls, especially with respect to his handling of the economy. This morning, in a front-page spread, the Washington Post became an exception: The

Media Fail: Hamas, Not Israelis, Killed Palestinian Boy

Media Fail: Hamas, Not Israelis, Killed Palestinian Boy

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has released a report that says Palestinians, rather than Israelis, killed the infant son of BBC journalist Jihad al-Masharawi on November 14.  When the boy was killed during Operation Pillar of Defense in November,

Raw Numbers Expose Extreme Media Bias Against Koch Brothers

Raw Numbers Expose Extreme Media Bias Against Koch Brothers

Mark Tapscott, executive editor of The Washington Examiner, did an interesting spot-check yesterday. Using the search engines of a few high-profile news outlets, he documented the number of references each made to conservative political activists, “the Koch Brothers,” as compared

The Sad Truth About Immigration and the Sequester

The Sad Truth About Immigration and the Sequester

Out of President Obama’s sequestration doomsday predictions, the one which best encapsulates what famed Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward described as “madness” involves illegal immigration. And it is no laughing matter. As Fox News reported, a few hundred illegal immigrant

Conservative Writers: Pit Bulls v. Show Dogs

Please disregard the headline of this article by Mark Judge of Real Clear Books.  In between the jabs against various friends, he makes some good points. Reconnecting with Buckley’s wonderful prose revealed something quite clearly: conservative journalism has plenty of pit bulls,

WaPo Busts White House In Another Sequester Lie

WaPo Busts White House In Another Sequester Lie

To his great credit, the Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler continues to hold the White House responsible for spreading sequester falsehoods. This morning, Kessler did what good reporters are supposed to do: fact-checked a White House claim — again about Capitol

Media Mourn Brutal Dictator Chavez

Media Mourn Brutal Dictator Chavez

With the death of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, the left-wing mainstream media and a few Democrat allies came out of the woodwork to mourn the human rights violator extraordinaire. Democrat Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY) led the way with a tweet

Being a liberal means never having to say you’re sorry

In response to Days After Ombudsmen Exits, WaPo Busted In Stealth Correction: John, you’re quite right to note that the stealth-editors of the awful Washington Post “lecture others on journalistic ethics.”  The real knee-slapper is that this particular piece was arguably