The irony being that Sullivan is a columnist for one of the worst opinion sections you can find, if only because Fred Hiatt prattles on about all that is wrong with society but still has traitors Marc Thiessen and Hugh Hewitt writing for him.
The Post is a great newspaper, and sometimes greater than The Times. And as I like to say, if you…
The irony being that Sullivan is a columnist for one of the worst opinion sections you can find, if only because Fred Hiatt prattles on about all that is wrong with society but still has traitors Marc Thiessen and Hugh Hewitt writing for him.
The Post is a great newspaper, and sometimes greater than The Times. And as I like to say, if you're great and going to claim to be great, you need to be called out when you get it wrong. I don't think The Post quite ranks with The Times in believing in its own infallibility, but it comes close.
I agree. My only real problem with WaPo is political coverage, with the exception of Jennifer Rubin and a few others. I can't thing of one print newspaper or broadcast outlet that has decent political reporting. It's like they keep all their pundits locked up in cryogenic sleeping pods where they receive subliminal messages voiced by Donald Trump.
I differentiate for the most part between the pundits and the reporters, but they're doing a virtual interview with Josh Hawley and promoting it with their slogan, "Democracy Dies in Darkness." The whole place needs a mirror or an enema.
And I wish I could disagree, but I don't: That's why I call it the DC political media brothel.
And I call it the Beltway Political Propatainment Complex. BTW, were you a fan of the MediaWhoresOnline? How I miss that site, though Eric's criticisms are just as good (but I do miss MWO's invective)
The irony being that Sullivan is a columnist for one of the worst opinion sections you can find, if only because Fred Hiatt prattles on about all that is wrong with society but still has traitors Marc Thiessen and Hugh Hewitt writing for him.
The Post is a great newspaper, and sometimes greater than The Times. And as I like to say, if you're great and going to claim to be great, you need to be called out when you get it wrong. I don't think The Post quite ranks with The Times in believing in its own infallibility, but it comes close.
I agree. My only real problem with WaPo is political coverage, with the exception of Jennifer Rubin and a few others. I can't thing of one print newspaper or broadcast outlet that has decent political reporting. It's like they keep all their pundits locked up in cryogenic sleeping pods where they receive subliminal messages voiced by Donald Trump.
I differentiate for the most part between the pundits and the reporters, but they're doing a virtual interview with Josh Hawley and promoting it with their slogan, "Democracy Dies in Darkness." The whole place needs a mirror or an enema.
And I wish I could disagree, but I don't: That's why I call it the DC political media brothel.
And I call it the Beltway Political Propatainment Complex. BTW, were you a fan of the MediaWhoresOnline? How I miss that site, though Eric's criticisms are just as good (but I do miss MWO's invective)