Is The Washington Post Burying The Results of its Own Cindy Sheehan Po
August 30th, 2005 12:26 PM
A just-released Washington Post/ABC News poll strongly suggests that American attitudes toward the war in Iraq have not been changed by the recent activities and exorbitant press coverage surrounding new anti-war idol Cindy Sheehan:The survey also suggests, however, that Sheehan's anti-war vigil has failed to mobilize large numbers of Americans against the war. If anything, her opposition has…
Why Is It Never "Abortion Control
August 29th, 2005 12:04 PM
In Washington Post staff writer Ceci Connolly's below-the-fold piece, "Access to Abortion Pared at State Level," Ms. Connolly tagged abortion-regulating measures passed by state legislatures recently as "antiabortion measures" and the proponents of same as "antiabortion forces." Yet a search of Nexis by contrast reveals that efforts to regulate 2nd Amendment rights of American citizens are never…
Washington Post Understates Good News In Military Recruiting
August 26th, 2005 9:49 PM
Josh White’s article in today’s Washington Post concerning the Army meeting its August recruitment goal, but being off track to reach its yearly target, seems to miss or understate some of the positives expressed by the Army’s chief of staff yesterday:Should the Army meet its goal of recruiting about 10,000 new active-duty troops this month, it will be the third consecutive month in which the…
Washington Post Misrepresents Havoc Caused by U.S. Amendments to U.N
August 25th, 2005 1:49 PM
A front-page story in today’s Washington Post suggests that Bush administration amendments to a 29-page draft agreement prepared by the United Nations for its upcoming world summit on poverty and U.N. reform have “thrown the proceedings in turmoil”:Less than a month before world leaders arrive in New York for a world summit on poverty and U.N. reform, the Bush administration has thrown the…
