"OK WaPo ... change your obvious partisan Republican reporting ... ."

WaPost Ombudsman Deborah Howell Sunday [Getting the Story on Jack Abramoff]  wrote : "The Post's two-year investigation into lobbyist Jack Abramoff's dealings is one of the best and most explosive pieces of investigative journalism this town has seen in a long time." Later in the article Howell notes: "The second complaint is from Republicans, who say The Post purposely hasn't nailed any Democrats. Several stories, including one on June 3 by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, a Post business reporter, have mentioned that a number of Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and Sen. Byron Dorgan (N.D.), have gotten Abramoff campaign money. "So far, Schmidt and Grimaldi say their reporting on the investigations hasn't put Democrats in the first tier of people being investigated." Mentioning "democrats," and "Abramoff" in the same sentence is a mortal sin in Liberal Land, even with a qualifier, and they launched on Howell, using the paper's blog.  Remember when Al Gore worried that "America has entered 'an alternate universe'?"  Well this guy Paul Franks must have just stepped off of the spaceship from GoreWorld ... OK WaPo, Bob Woodward Sue Schmidt Deborah Howell GOP Hacks. Three strikes, youuuuuu'rrrrrrrre OUT! It looks to me (judging from the comments here and in other blogs and forums) that your readers are very unhappy with the partisan journalism (sic) obviously endorsed by the WaPo editors and management. Seems to me that unless you change your obvious partisan Republican reporting, you won't be around very long. Which is a shame. Three strikes... You don't have any credibility left to loose. I think it's safe to assume that you are on notice. Posted by: Paul Franks | Jan 17, 2006 7:55:10 AM | Permalink