Washington Post – FAIR

Now that charges have been filed in the rape case, Kessler and the right-wing media have mud on their faces—but they refuse to apologize, or to acknowledge the misdirection their pieces caused....

https://fair.org/home/wapo-joined-right-in-casting-doubt-on-10-year-olds-post-roe-nightmare/

  After Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the country’s third-most powerful democratic socialist may be a former elementary school teacher you might never have heard of. While Marc ...

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Please tell the Washington Post that its call for repression of peaceful assembly is incompatible with democracy. The post ACTION ALERT: WaPo Calls Peaceful Protest Against Roe Reversal ‘Tota...

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Major liberal-leaning outlets reassured readers that fears Trump justices would undo Court decisions upholding civil rights were overblown. The post ‘Liberal’ Newspapers Liked the Justices ...

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In place of 2020’s concern over “shelved safeguards,” the Washington Post justifies a policy that two years ago was viewed as extreme. The post Trump’s Asylum Ban Hasn’t Disappeared�...

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Please ask the Washington Post to foreground the viewpoints of LGBTQ+ students rather than bigots in coverage of sexual politics in schools.  The post ACTION ALERT: WaPo Lets Bigots Frame Disc...

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Timidity and awkward "even-handedness" ultimately provide cover for ideas and tactics that should be ruthlessly exposed for what they are. The post Racism ‘Hovers’ Over Events Like Jackson ...

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If "experts are more certain than ever" about climate change, why does WaPo keep printing arguments for inaction based on uncertainty? The post ACTION ALERT: The New Climate Denial: Don’t Wor...

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Henry Olsen presented a red herring argument that ignored all the polls showing support for the reconciliation plan. The post Cherry-Picking Polls to Hide Public Support for Biden’s Spending ...

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The idea that experiencing sexual violence makes someone unable to fairly report on it is a relic of the journalistic myth of “objectivity.” The post Is Surviving Assault a Conflict of Inte...

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