You're so right, Eric. I mostly think the Washington Post does great work but this puff piece was a mistake. I've given up on the NYT but I'm going to keep trying to enlighten the Post through my comments on articles like this puff piece :)
I am glad I missed that article. The Style section should be banned from writing about important figures except for articles about their fashion choices. The Church of the Savvy lives on.
I am frustrated by the media’s sins of omission. Why isn’t there more outrage over the emoluments case against Trump being dismissed by the Supreme Court? The case was dragged out for 3 years in lower courts then dismissed, apparently because Trump is no longer in office. This was done by a court dominated by people who claim to be constitutional originalists. The SC has made it clear that the emoluments clause can’t be enforced. That the media can’t be bothered having a serious discussion about what amounts to them rewriting the constitution is disgraceful.
Ronna McDaniel revealed herself as a tool when, at Trump's insistence, she stopped referring to herself as Ronna Romney McDaniel. The "liberal media" playbook is well established when administrations shift from R to D: (1) immediately question the Dem commitment to bipartisanship; (2) whitewash the lies and cynicism of the outgoing Rs; (3) amplify hypocritical calls for fiscal responsibility; and (4) give a platform to the clowns who enabled or engineered the bad faith actions of the outgoing administration. God forbid Rush and Sean say you're biased.
And...another good example of chorus before verse is Steely Dan's masterful Show Biz Kids.
Glad you highlighted misdeeds of the Washington Post Style section. Imagine my horror a few weeks ago opening its pages to see the ever somnolent Wilbur Ross stepping out with the Mrs.
Romney-McDaniels is a hack, and not a very interesting one at that. By the standards of celebrity/gossip rags, she doesn’t even qualify for attention.
Our national political press always finds new ways to fail. Puff pieces on apparatchiks seems entirely in character to remain with access to the person in question. The Sunday Talkies are not news, they regurgitate conventional wisdom: it’s a show for themselves, by themselves; it might as well be the society pages of yore.
First, I did email the managing editor at The Post to ask what they were doing. Of course I received no response; I have never believed that Dean Baquet is the only editor who believes himself incapable of error.
Second, this brings to mind something else about the Style section. In the late 1970s, Sally Quinn, not yet known as DC's hostess with the mostess--I don't mean that to sound sexist; it was the nickname given one of her predecessors as a DC party host, Perle Mesta--did a piece about the simply horrible behavior of the southerners Jimmy Carter had brought with him to Washington, how utterly gauche they were. That was the article that made Hamilton Jordan look disgusting, and I had no issue with that. But there was very much a tone to it of smug superiority.
Turn the clock ahead two decades. Quinn writes another piece, same tone and point, about the Clintons, including a line, "He trashed the place, and it's not his place," from David Broder, who was then in the process of devolving from respected political reporter to dishonest disgrace. Funny how it tends to be about southern Democrats, but I don't seem to recall that being said of the Bushes. Of course, the Bushes aren't real southerners or westerners, either.
But we need to remember that Marty Baron is a great editor, but even great editors make mistakes. Unfortunately, to the leadership of much of the MSM, especially in political coverage, only the first part of the previous sentence is acceptable.
I noticed Wapo and others, like the NYTimes (especially the NYTimes!), all copying each other on Biden's "lack of unity" before Joe had even sat down at his desk. I read this article and decided to subscribe to Press Run. I cancelled my subscription to the NYTimes weeks ago.
WAPO is a good source and touchpoint, that being said, this isn't the only blunder. A few weeks ago an op ed was written that I couldn't believe I was reading. This is when Trump was still in the Oval pretending to be president. It was about not painting everyone with a red T after they leave and I thought, oh here we go. No. None is forgiven. No Dancing with Stars or any other self effacing tricks they try. The enabled an authoritarian and practically burned down our democracy. No forgiving or forgetting.
I don’t subscribe to either the Washington Post or the NYT. I never watch the Sunday morning talk shows on either network ( though Chris Wallace on Fox seems to be the only one to call out the crazies). How else do we consumers let the main stream press know how they’re failing
You're so right, Eric. I mostly think the Washington Post does great work but this puff piece was a mistake. I've given up on the NYT but I'm going to keep trying to enlighten the Post through my comments on articles like this puff piece :)
I am glad I missed that article. The Style section should be banned from writing about important figures except for articles about their fashion choices. The Church of the Savvy lives on.
I am frustrated by the media’s sins of omission. Why isn’t there more outrage over the emoluments case against Trump being dismissed by the Supreme Court? The case was dragged out for 3 years in lower courts then dismissed, apparently because Trump is no longer in office. This was done by a court dominated by people who claim to be constitutional originalists. The SC has made it clear that the emoluments clause can’t be enforced. That the media can’t be bothered having a serious discussion about what amounts to them rewriting the constitution is disgraceful.
Ronna McDaniel revealed herself as a tool when, at Trump's insistence, she stopped referring to herself as Ronna Romney McDaniel. The "liberal media" playbook is well established when administrations shift from R to D: (1) immediately question the Dem commitment to bipartisanship; (2) whitewash the lies and cynicism of the outgoing Rs; (3) amplify hypocritical calls for fiscal responsibility; and (4) give a platform to the clowns who enabled or engineered the bad faith actions of the outgoing administration. God forbid Rush and Sean say you're biased.
And...another good example of chorus before verse is Steely Dan's masterful Show Biz Kids.
Glad you highlighted misdeeds of the Washington Post Style section. Imagine my horror a few weeks ago opening its pages to see the ever somnolent Wilbur Ross stepping out with the Mrs.
for a "glamour" pose. A thousand words, indeed.
Romney-McDaniels is a hack, and not a very interesting one at that. By the standards of celebrity/gossip rags, she doesn’t even qualify for attention.
Our national political press always finds new ways to fail. Puff pieces on apparatchiks seems entirely in character to remain with access to the person in question. The Sunday Talkies are not news, they regurgitate conventional wisdom: it’s a show for themselves, by themselves; it might as well be the society pages of yore.
A couple of things.
First, I did email the managing editor at The Post to ask what they were doing. Of course I received no response; I have never believed that Dean Baquet is the only editor who believes himself incapable of error.
Second, this brings to mind something else about the Style section. In the late 1970s, Sally Quinn, not yet known as DC's hostess with the mostess--I don't mean that to sound sexist; it was the nickname given one of her predecessors as a DC party host, Perle Mesta--did a piece about the simply horrible behavior of the southerners Jimmy Carter had brought with him to Washington, how utterly gauche they were. That was the article that made Hamilton Jordan look disgusting, and I had no issue with that. But there was very much a tone to it of smug superiority.
Turn the clock ahead two decades. Quinn writes another piece, same tone and point, about the Clintons, including a line, "He trashed the place, and it's not his place," from David Broder, who was then in the process of devolving from respected political reporter to dishonest disgrace. Funny how it tends to be about southern Democrats, but I don't seem to recall that being said of the Bushes. Of course, the Bushes aren't real southerners or westerners, either.
But we need to remember that Marty Baron is a great editor, but even great editors make mistakes. Unfortunately, to the leadership of much of the MSM, especially in political coverage, only the first part of the previous sentence is acceptable.
I noticed Wapo and others, like the NYTimes (especially the NYTimes!), all copying each other on Biden's "lack of unity" before Joe had even sat down at his desk. I read this article and decided to subscribe to Press Run. I cancelled my subscription to the NYTimes weeks ago.
WAPO is a good source and touchpoint, that being said, this isn't the only blunder. A few weeks ago an op ed was written that I couldn't believe I was reading. This is when Trump was still in the Oval pretending to be president. It was about not painting everyone with a red T after they leave and I thought, oh here we go. No. None is forgiven. No Dancing with Stars or any other self effacing tricks they try. The enabled an authoritarian and practically burned down our democracy. No forgiving or forgetting.
I don’t subscribe to either the Washington Post or the NYT. I never watch the Sunday morning talk shows on either network ( though Chris Wallace on Fox seems to be the only one to call out the crazies). How else do we consumers let the main stream press know how they’re failing