Newsbusters rips WaPo a new one for frenzied McDonnell coverage
Candace Moore reports on the WaPo’s seeming campaign to oust Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell by blasting him and his administration with a staggering amount of negative stories/hit pieces in the span of one day:
Quote of the day
On post-Civil Rights era racism in the North and South:
An inside look at the special relationship between the WH and MSM
I missed this intriguing story over the weekend but didn’t want to let another day go by without linking to it and writing about it. The Washington Note is hardly a bastion of conservative thought – not even close, and nor is Steve Clemons, who writes for WN. On Saturday they published a column online that gave a revealing look at just how deep the “special scratch my back/I’ll scratch yours” relationship really is between the Obama WH and MSM journalists and columnists. It’s a disturbing report, but one that shouldn’t surprise any of us, considering that – once you read it – you’ll recognize that these sort of things were going on prior to then-candidate Obama being elected President. And obviously, the beat goes on (bolded emphasis added by me):
Wednesday Open Thread
Did we just skip spring and go directly to summer? Good grief.