UPDATE: Journalists Still Can’t Stop Giving Mitch McConnell Badass Nicknames

Andrew Stiles
September 21, 2020 2:01 PM

Journalists are terrified of Mitch McConnell. The Senate majority leader strikes fear in their hearts, and they want the American people to fear him as well. Hence the "scary" nicknames: Midnight Mitch, Moscow Mitch, and Cocaine Mitch.

This Is What The Swamp Looks Like

Washington Post columnist's birthday Zoom call boasts elite guest list

Andrew Stiles
July 6, 2020 12:20 PM

The political and media professionals who populate our nation's capital don't like it when normal people use words like "swamp" and "incestuous" to describe their hometown and the lucrative industries that dominate it. It's horribly unfair to all the hardworking liberal elites who risk it all every day to shout questions at the president and draft legislation to expand tax credits for solar panels.

The Washington Post Costume Scandals No One Is Talking About

A random middle-aged white woman lost her job. Ralph Northam didn't.

Andrew Stiles
June 18, 2020 4:00 PM

A years-old Halloween scandal is brewing at the Washington Post, the politics blog owned by Jeff Bezos. That’s according to a lengthy report published in the “social issues” section of the Post.

WaPo Mistakes Job Gains for ‘Grim’ Losses

Paul Crookston
June 5, 2020 1:00 PM

When the May jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was released Friday, the positive numbers caught many by surprise—including the Washington Post, which mistook the job gains for losses.

I Forced a Bot to Read 1,000 Max Boot Columns and Write a Max Boot Column of Its Own

Andrew Stiles
May 23, 2020 5:00 AM

The Washington Free Beacon analytics bureau used a proprietary algorithm to program a bot to read 1,000 Max Boot columns and write its very own Max Boot column based on its analysis.

I Forced A Bot to Read 1,000 Jennifer Rubin Columns And Write A Jennifer Rubin Column of Its Own

Andrew Stiles
May 18, 2020 5:30 PM

The Washington Free Beacon analytics bureau used a proprietary algorithm to program a bot to read 1,000 Jennifer Rubin columns and write its very own Jennifer Rubin column based on its analysis.

Media Ignore Report on Wuhan Lab Cited for Hazardous Coronavirus Research

Media have failed to update stories that dismissed lab scrutiny as 'conspiracy theory'

David Rutz
April 15, 2020 5:45 PM

Many media outlets have ignored a new report showing American officials warned in 2018 that research at a Wuhan superlab could create a pandemic, even as they branded as conspiracy theorists any lawmaker who suggested a potential connection between the labs and the coronavirus outbreak.

Biden Has Earned 11 Pinocchios From Fact-Checkers During Coronavirus Crisis

Graham Piro
April 3, 2020 3:15 PM

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has been dinged several times by fact-checkers over claims he has made during the coronavirus crisis, including a total of eleven "Pinocchios" from the Washington Post.

WaPo: Biden Didn’t Lie, He ‘Described His Stance Inaccurately’

Post knocks Beacon for quoting Biden verbatim

Alex Griswold
March 19, 2020 12:45 PM

A Washington Post fact-checker ruled Thursday that Joe Biden hadn't lied when he said he supported a fracking ban during Sunday's Democratic presidential debate. Rather, Biden had simply "described his fracking stance inaccurately."

Biden Ad Attacking Trump on Coronavirus Gets ‘Four Pinocchios’ From WaPo

Alex Griswold
March 13, 2020 11:45 AM

A Joe Biden ad received the worst possible ranking from the Washington Post fact-checker for attacking President Donald Trump with manipulated video.