PEN IS MIGHTY: Journalists to Award Themselves Bezos-Funded ‘Courage’ Award Named After Billionaire Heiress

Democracy thrives in hubris

Andrew Stiles
January 17, 2020 11:50 AM

The Washington Free Beacon regrets to inform you that the journalists are at it again. The White House Correspondents' Association, a pro-journalism activist group responsible for hosting the appropriately dubbed "nerd prom" dinner party, announced Friday the creation of a new journalism award for "courage and accountability."

WaPo Reveals Photoshop Is Problematic If It Targets Dems

Paper attacks Elise Stefanik for 'manipulating' Pelosi photo

Alex Griswold
January 9, 2020 1:20 PM

A Thursday Washington Post story attacked Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) for "manipulating" an image of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), even though such modifications are standard in political advertising on both sides of the aisle, including from Pelosi herself.

WaPo Fact Checker Gives Biden ‘Three Pinocchios’ for Bin Laden Claims

Josh Christenson
January 8, 2020 12:05 PM

The Washington Post's fact checker gave former vice president Joe Biden a "Three Pinnochios" rating for his claim that he didn't oppose the raid that killed 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.

China Violates Disclosure Law to Publish Propaganda in NY Times, WaPo

China Daily gave media outlets millions to publish ads disguised as news stories

Yuichiro Kakutani
December 18, 2019 5:00 AM

China routinely broke federal law by not disclosing how much it spent to publish regime propaganda in the New York Times, Washington Post, and other newspapers, an expert review of foreign agent registration filings concluded.

WaPo Gives Buttigieg Three Pinocchios for Black Poverty Rate Claim

Cameron Cawthorne
December 5, 2019 12:45 PM

Washington Post fact-checker Salvador Rizzo gave Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg three Pinocchios for cherry-picking the "most flattering" data to suggest he cut the black poverty rate by more than half in South Bend, Ind.

Washington Post Whitewashes British Labour Party’s Anti-Semitism

Adam Kredo
November 26, 2019 4:15 PM

The Washington Post is under fire for saying Britain's Labour Party is unfairly criticized as anti-Semitic, despite numerous examples of the party and its leaders demonizing Jews and denying the Holocaust.

WaPo Editorial: ‘Fantastically Generous’ Medicare for All Plans Are ‘Fiction’

Cameron Cawthorne
November 7, 2019 11:55 AM

The Washington Post editorial board on Thursday published a scathing op-ed against Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders's (Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren's (Mass.) Medicare for All proposals.

Washington Post Reporters Uncover Racial, Gender Pay Gap at Own Paper

Alex Griswold
November 7, 2019 5:00 AM

A study conducted by Washington Post reporters uncovered evidence of a gender and racial pay gap at their own newspaper.

Trump’s Dog Meme Has Media Howling

David Rutz
October 31, 2019 3:00 PM

President Donald Trump's Wednesday tweet of a photoshopped image depicting him giving a military dog a medal elicited outrage and a slew of credulous reporting about the meme's origins.

WaPo Editorial Board Blasts Warren for Caving to Unions on Charter Schools

'The losers in these political calculations are the children whom charters help' (Updated)

David Rutz
October 29, 2019 1:15 PM

The Washington Post editorial board blasted 2020 hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) Monday for her opposition to charter schools, accusing her of folding to teachers' unions and saying that children come out "losers" in her plan.