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The Washington Post in 2009: Neocon Nirvana
It was just a few days ago that their editorial page featured uber-reactionary (and Marine-Iguana-lookalike) Charles Krauthammer, right opposite on the page from, and I couldn't believe the temerity, Iraq crazyman Paul Wolfowitz, the jingoistic lunatic who Bush tried fob off on the World Bank but they rightly hounded him out, of course, the debacle costing the U.S. the right to nominate World Bank presidents in the future.
After the bellicose madman William Kristol naturally couldn't make it with the horrified readers of the N.Y. Times, the Post thoughtfully offered him a column, which should have finally been enough to tell us what we are dealing with. And the right wing drivel of their Michael Gerson had led me name myself, Overreach THIS! But only when they ran a tawdry string of AIPAC talking points three or four days ago that Jackson Diehl had the self-loathing to pen his name to, prompting a tsunami of negative reaction (readers ran about 20/25 to 1 against the shameful propaganda), it finally made me ask what the *hell* is going on over there and to research a bit.
The Fourth Estate has a great deal indeed to answer for in its hideous complicity in the Iraq calamity, one of the country's greatest policy failures of all time, largely hatched or encouraged by the above persons. You'd think that reaction to the despicable enabling role that the press played in that most odious misadventure might have humbled them. But the once great-Post's editorial page is edited by a real Neocon whack job, one Fred Hiatt. And he has simple made that page into a toilet for Bush-Cheney's most fevered loonies to defecate in.
Such that today, they've got the bloody march hare himself (to my stupefication), John Bolton, calling for Israel to unitlaterally strike Iran. (This is supposed to be a family newspaper, isn't it?)
What can one say? In short, the Post needs an intervention. Somebody needs to save it from this insanity.
Will no one rise to the call? Rid us of this turbulent priest? :(
After the bellicose madman William Kristol naturally couldn't make it with the horrified readers of the N.Y. Times, the Post thoughtfully offered him a column, which should have finally been enough to tell us what we are dealing with. And the right wing drivel of their Michael Gerson had led me name myself, Overreach THIS! But only when they ran a tawdry string of AIPAC talking points three or four days ago that Jackson Diehl had the self-loathing to pen his name to, prompting a tsunami of negative reaction (readers ran about 20/25 to 1 against the shameful propaganda), it finally made me ask what the *hell* is going on over there and to research a bit.
The Fourth Estate has a great deal indeed to answer for in its hideous complicity in the Iraq calamity, one of the country's greatest policy failures of all time, largely hatched or encouraged by the above persons. You'd think that reaction to the despicable enabling role that the press played in that most odious misadventure might have humbled them. But the once great-Post's editorial page is edited by a real Neocon whack job, one Fred Hiatt. And he has simple made that page into a toilet for Bush-Cheney's most fevered loonies to defecate in.
Such that today, they've got the bloody march hare himself (to my stupefication), John Bolton, calling for Israel to unitlaterally strike Iran. (This is supposed to be a family newspaper, isn't it?)
What can one say? In short, the Post needs an intervention. Somebody needs to save it from this insanity.
Will no one rise to the call? Rid us of this turbulent priest? :(
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The Fourth Estate doesn't answer to anyone (except, I suppose, shareholders). They're not democratically elected, and they have a responsibility to sell newspapers. Some people enjoy Krauthammer, apparently (I don't). But calling him an "uber-reactionary" is silly. He's merely conservative. And criticizing a well known right wing newspaper for being right wing is just the pot calling the kettle black.
July 2, 2009 2:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Alright, well, with respect, I don't agree with you about Krauthammer and a whole lot of Post readers don't either. Seriously. His stuff on Israel, key example, is just unbelievable (to me, that is, but to a *whole* lot of the readership as well).
Now the other business is really odd, but I understand where it's coming from and it's kind of the point of my post. The Post's motto is "an Independent Newspaper, but it's *long* been regarded as liberal or left-liberal. This guy Hiatt (and maybe someone above him as well/), have taken the thing down the Neocon track. I.e., the ignorant track of repeating one's self in spectacular failure.
You know, El Presidente, D.C. has a real conservative paper, the Washington Times which is kindly brought to us by the Moonies. Maybe your point is that the city now has two conservative papers, and with regret, I have to strongly agree.
I really don't know if it's funny or sad, but I find myself chuckling! Thanks for your note! :)
July 2, 2009 3:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Laughs.
Oh shoot!
I was thinking of the Times, not the Post. You're right, the WaPo is usually center-leftish.
Krauthammer's Israel stuff is pretty terrible.
July 2, 2009 7:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
:)
July 3, 2009 3:17 AM | Reply | Permalink
He's a lunatic.
July 2, 2009 6:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
With this I can agree!
July 3, 2009 12:16 AM | Reply | Permalink
Back to the usual adjective-spewing self!
Upon reflection, I have to admit I liked your Harry Potter-style posts better.
July 2, 2009 3:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Do people still read the Washington Post? Why?
July 2, 2009 6:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, I read it for political reporting (Dana Milbank, and esp. Chris Cillizza) and for news. There used to be an opinion section worth reading, but not when the likes of the above are the stock in trade.
July 3, 2009 3:57 AM | Reply | Permalink