http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/wp/ en-us Sat, 4 May 2013 01:36:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3015576/posts Politico reported today that net income at The Washington Post Co. dropped an astonishing 85 percent from the first quarter of last year to the first quarter of this year. The newspaper division posted an operating loss of $34.5 million over that period. It looks as if the Post, like many other newspapers around the country, may have entered an age of decline. Newspapers just aren’t as profitable as they once were. The proliferation of online news outlets has given consumers a plethora of free news sources to choose from. But another factor may be the Post's persistent liberal bias,... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3015576/posts#comment Sat, 4 May 2013 01:36:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3008168/posts The Washington Post ignored the murder trial of abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell until pro-life advocates raised such a ruckus it was forced to acknowledge it. Now the newspaper that acts as a frequent apologist for the pro-abortion movement is blaming conservative news outlets with a pro-life editorial stance for not covering it. The only problem is the Post has its facts wrong. It’s so wrong the Post may deserve a couple of Pinocchios or more, as it is famous for giving to politicos who bend the truth. As the newspaper claims: The charge of liberal media bias is perhaps undercut... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3008168/posts#comment Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:21:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3000873/posts .... Over the next two days, the justices will consider two of the weightiest civil rights cases in years, both about the continuing struggle of gay men and lesbians to obtain equal recognition under the law. On Tuesday, the court will consider the constitutionality of Proposition 8, .... On Wednesday, the justices will turn to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a law enacted in 1996 that bars the federal government from offering benefits to same-sex couples, even if they were legally married in their home state. The justices have many options as they consider how to rule. But more... WaPo Opinions http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3000873/posts#comment Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:01:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2993703/posts Without informing readers in the story or elsewhere, on Monday night The Washington Post deleted its explicit claim that the Dominican prostitute who recanted her allegation against Sen. Robert Menendez had appeared in a video posted to The Daily Caller. In a story by investigative reporter Carol Leonnig, the Post initially reported at 4:47 p.m. that “the women’s videotaped claims, with their faces obscured, were played on the conservative Web site The Daily Caller. The news site reported that ‘the two women said they met Menendez around Easter at Casa de Campo, an expensive 7,000-acre resort in the Dominican Republic.’” Daily Caller http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2993703/posts#comment Tue, 5 Mar 2013 18:45:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2991754/posts The Washington Post's Bob Woodward continues to break ranks with his Obama-loving colleagues by holding the President's feet to the fire concerning the looming budget sequester. Just days after he wrote a piece in the Post exposing the inconvenient truth that it was indeed the White House that initially proposed sequestration during the 2011 debt ceiling debate, Woodward appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe Wednesday saying that Obama's decision to not send the USS Truman to the Persian Gulf as a result of these deliberations was "a kind of madness that I haven't seen in a long time" (video follows with... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2991754/posts#comment Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:59:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2988924/posts Though she's not getting much credit for it, it's just a fact that most of the important media scoops of late have been coming from Betsy Rothstein at FishbowlDC. Today marks another scoop and, better still, another moment to savor in the slow-motion collapse of the mainstream media. According to Rothstein's reporting, a round of 54 layoffs are planned at the once-legendary Washington Post. It's amazing how quickly a left-wing newspaper will turn into the stereotypically evil corporate maven. The Post is not only trying to hush-hush the layoffs, but also using cold, calculated words like "inefficiencies" to describe the... Breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2988924/posts#comment Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:29:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2987840/posts Another journalist fell prey to a fake story on a satirical website, and reported it as news. This time, a blogger for the Washington Post reported—wrongly—that Sarah Palin, the former Republican candidate for vice president who recently parted way with Fox News, had moved on to the Al-Jazeera network to reach millions of "devoutly religious people." Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2987840/posts#comment Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:44:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2987905/posts Sarah Palin got to take another jab at the “lamestream media” on Tuesday after The Washington Post issued an embarrassing correction on a false report that the former Fox News commentator is joining Al Jazeera. The Washington Post’s attention-grabbing mea culpa followed reporter Suzi Parker’s claim that Palin signed a deal to be a host and commentator for the Qatari-based network. Parker had called the faux-scoop “a cautionary tale about what can happen with politics and celebrity meet.” The story became a cautionary tale of another sort, however, when it emerged that the “news” came from The Daily Currant, a... The New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2987905/posts#comment Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2984674/posts On Thursday afternoon, less than a day after the Times' story was posted online, its ideological rival the Wall Street Journal revealed that it, too, had been attacked by Chinese hackers. On Friday, the Washington Post, following a scoop by a former staffer, was forced to admit that its networks had been penetrated for years. The Journal provided fewer details than the Times, but said that "in the most recent incident," hackers had managed to break into computers in the Journal's Beijing bureau in mid-2012. From there, the Journal said, the intruders were able to access the Journal's worldwide computer... nbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2984674/posts#comment Sat, 2 Feb 2013 21:20:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2951718/posts Per Twitter WaPo/ABC tracking poll has Romney up 1, 49-48. Sample moved from D+4 Fri to D+6 Sat to D+7 today. Romney up 15 w/ indies. WaPo/ABC tracking Thur-Sat has same turnout adv for Dems as 08. In 08 Obama won by 7%, today he loses by 1. Yep... moved from D+4 two days ago to D+7 today. Yet Romney maintained 1 point lead even through the shift. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2951718/posts#comment Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:27:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2951225/posts What happened to the ABC/WP Tracking Poll? It is supposed to be released at 5 pm EST, every day. So far, nothing has been released today. I am becoming paranoid that they are dumping "special sauce" on their data showing a Romney lead, in order change the narrative in time for the Sunday talkfests. ABC/WP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2951225/posts#comment Sat, 27 Oct 2012 23:41:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2950192/posts Oct 25, 2012 5:00pm Romney Hits the 50 Percent Mark, With a Clear Edge on the Economy Mitt Romney has seized further advantage on economic issues at the core of the 2012 campaign, taking him to 50 percent support among likely voters vs. 47 percent for Barack Obama – Romney’s highest vote-preference result of the contest to date. The difference between the… ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2950192/posts#comment Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:09:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2950180/posts The Washington Post has decided to back President Obama for reelection — acknowledging the shortcomings of his first term: President Barack Obama is better positioned to be that navigator than is his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. We come to that judgment with eyes open to the disappointments of Mr. Obama’s first term. He did not end, as he promised he would, “our chronic avoidance of tough decisions” on fiscal matters. But Mr. Obama is committed to the only approach that can succeed: a balance of entitlement reform and revenue increases. Mr. Romney, by contrast, has embraced his... politico44 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2950180/posts#comment Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:42:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2938817/posts I may just poll my comment section and pass that off as a Battleground State poll. The Washington Post explained that rather curious “Swing State” subsection in today’s national poll where Obama had an incredible 11-point lead relative to his national lead of only 2-points: The WaPo-ABC ‘swing state’ poll numbers, explained Monday’s Washington Post-ABC News poll adds to the evidence of an emerging, important dynamic in the presidential contest showing closer parity nationally than in key battleground states, where President Obama has had clear leads. Battleground Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2938817/posts#comment Mon, 1 Oct 2012 23:25:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2933052/posts With just seven weeks of campaigning left before the November election, President Obama holds a clear lead over Mitt Romney in Virginia, buoyed by growing optimism about the state of the country and fueled by a gender gap working in his favor, according to a new Washington Post poll. Obama leads his Republican rival by 52 percent to 44 percent among likely voters. Among all registered voters, the president leads by 50 percent to 43 percent, a margin identical to that recorded in a survey in early May. That indicates that Romney has made up little apparent ground against Obama... Washington Compost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2933052/posts#comment Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:12:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2926255/posts Since Wednesday, the Obama-loving media have been working overtime trying to disprove a number of statements made by Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan during their respective speeches at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. On ABC's This Week Sunday, George Will called out Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler for claiming Ryan had mislead Americans about a GM plant closing in Janesville, Wisconsin (video follows with transcript and commentary):George Will Calls Out Washington Post Fact-Checker MATTHEW DOWD, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: From my perspective, what happened at this convention is that nobody is calling on it, or maybe a few people are calling... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2926255/posts#comment Tue, 4 Sep 2012 01:01:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2922842/posts "Our goal, obviously, is to avoid getting boiled as the electronic revolution continues." "I am not here dreaming of (or worrying about) a world in which computers have displaced the printed word, and us too. I could find no one at this conference who would predict the demise of the newspaper. No one. All saw an important place for us." Those words come from a remarkable letter written by Robert Kaiser, then the Washington Post's newly appointed managing editor, to publisher Donald Graham following a 1992 conference on the future of digital media. Kaiser had attended the event after being... The Atlantic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2922842/posts#comment Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:29:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2919033/posts I’m nearing the end of a vacation, so I’ve stayed out of the Corner for the most part. But tonight after we came back from dinner, my wife said “look at this.” On her iPad was the Washington Post’s homepage. One of the headlines reads: Police: Suspect disagreed with Family Research Council “Disagreed”? The suspect shot someone. “Disagreed”!? Why so bombastic? Why not say that the would-be killer “had a different perspective’? Nationalreview http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2919033/posts#comment Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:07:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2918742/posts <p>Actual quote: "Romney wants to let the — he said in the first 100 days, he’s going to let the big banks once again write their own rules. Unchain Wall Street. They’re going to put y’all back in chains. "</p> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2918742/posts#comment Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:10:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2916628/posts The Washington Post seemed to honor Obama-commercial star Joe Soptic in the news section Thursday. Nia-Malika Henderson’s article was headlined “For anti-Romney ads, Democrats call Joe the Steelworker.” The subhead: "New spot seems to tie his wife's death to plant's closure after Bain took over." Online, the headline was "Forget Joe the Plumber -- Meet Joe the Steelworker." The Post couldn't find space for the Soptic story on Wednesday, even though Henderson interviewed him on Tuesday. Just like with the David Plouffe-scores-100-grand story this week, the Post headlines downplayed that Henderson found more details that make the Soptic ad look... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2916628/posts#comment Thu, 9 Aug 2012 20:22:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2915448/posts BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Want to go back to the unemployment numbers that came out Thursday and Friday. You know, the employment number went up to 8.3%. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said that 163,000 new jobs were created. We used BLS numbers ourselves to show you how this isn't true. We talked about "seasonal adjustment." But a random act of journalism -- a stunning random act of journalism -- in the Washington Post yesterday in the Sunday paper. They actually wrote (this was the headline): "Wait, the US Economy Actually Lost 1.2 Million Jobs in July? -- The US economy... Rush Limbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2915448/posts#comment Tue, 7 Aug 2012 03:28:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2914284/posts The Washington Post continued to struggle in the second quarter even as its parent company reported 13.6 percent increases in profit. The newspaper division, which includes the newspaper's website and the online magazine, Slate, reported an operating loss of $15.9 million in the second quarter, compared to a $2.9 million loss for the same period a year ago. Print advertising suffered a 15 percent drop year-on-year in the second quarter, as daily print circulation fell 9.3 percent in the first six months of 2012 to an average of 482,100 copies. Sunday circulation was down 6.1 percent in the same period... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2914284/posts#comment Fri, 3 Aug 2012 18:53:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2913570/posts The Washington Post "On Faith" blogger, Sally Quinn, has come up with a suggestion so bizarre that I would not not blame you for casting aspersions upon the veracity of your humble correspondent until you read it for yourself. Basically Quinn is recommending that gays and lesbians "infiltrate" Chick-fil-A restaurants to the point where they become gay hangouts to such an extent that even gay weddings will be performed there. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2913570/posts#comment Thu, 2 Aug 2012 03:32:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2913518/posts The Washington Post "On Faith" blogger, Sally Quinn, has come up with a suggestion so bizarre that I would not not blame you for casting aspersions upon the veracity of your humble correspondent until you read it for yourself.  Basically Quinn is recommending  that gays and lesbians "infiltrate" Chick-fil-A restaurants to the point where they become gay hangouts to such an extent that even gay weddings will be performed there. And if you think that recommendation is absurd beyond belief, you won't be alone. Her blog is filled with commenters whose reactions can best be described as face-in-palm. You can't... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2913518/posts#comment Thu, 2 Aug 2012 00:59:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2910623/posts Barry Diller, the chairman of IAC/InterActiveCorp which recently acquired sole control of Newsweek, said that a plan to end its print edition is coming as soon as this fall. His comments came in IAC's quarterly earnings call and were first reported in a two-sentence story by Bloomberg News's Sarah Frier ("Newsweek, the 79-year-old magazine, will eventually transition to an online-only publication") and then in a tweet from her colleague Edmund Lee ("Barry Diller says by September-October, plan for digital only Newsweek will be announced"). The first actual quote from Diller came later in a post by Politico's Dylan Byers: "The... The Atlantic Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2910623/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:05:33 GMT