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Intramural Quarrel at the WaPo
Posted by Bill There's a civil conflict brewing at the Washington Post: A debate is raging at The Washington Post, pitting the newspaper's traditional print staff (and newly appointed ombudsman) against a representative of a new generation of journalists who work for the company's Web site. The Post's Politics Editor, John Harris, fanned the flames with a post Monday evening, in which he suggested some in the newsroom wish to spike the Web column in question, although he does not. WaPo National Politics Editor John Harris discusses the criticism and confusion over the column - the partisan "White House Briefing" by Dan Froomkin - with PressThink: Q: What sort of complaints or reactions have the political writers received (and from whom) that would lead them to think that White House Briefing is harming their credibility? On average, the WaPo has always been the most level-headed of the major dailies, my 21st Century choice for "The Paper of Record," so this type of public introspection doesn't surprise me (whereas similar discussions by anyone at the NYT might send me into psychogenic seizure). And even the muted shades of reality presented in quotes like this ... John Harris: How Dan would be writing about a Kerry administration is obviously an imponderable. Does Dan present a liberal worldview? Not always, but cumulatively I think a great many people would say yes—enough that I don’t want them thinking he works for the news side of the Post. ... strike an encouraging note. Now if only they'd do something about Dana Milbank's V-8 starved "objective analysis," we'd be in biz-naz ... Chronically cranky Bill Quick takes a darker view: My first reaction to this - well, my second, since my first is how little this fraternal spat really matters in the larger scheme of things - is that Froomkin is practicing Mary Mapes/Dan Rather journalism: It doesn't matter if he is biased so far to the left that Walter Duranty is nodding his head in approval down in hell, because Bush deserves it. And since Bush deserves it (left unsaid is why nobody else seems to deserve it, at least not from Froomkin), why, then, the obligation of all good journalists should be to give it to him hot and heavy. For some reason, the fishwrap newsroom takes offense at this notion. I suspect they agree with it on a personal level, but feel uncomfortable with Froomkin making the liberal bias they'd rather conceal so unapologetically obvious. Regarding personal ideology, well, sure. But I still maintain that with notable exceptions, the WaPo deserves a good deal of relative credit for evenhandedness. One only has to compare last fall's investigative analysis*** of the Swift Boat Vet allegations and the relatively good coverage of Rathergate with other dailies to get a sense of positive perspective about the WaPo's attempts to play it straight. Credit where credit is due, even when the overall bar for ideologically-neutral reporting in the MSM is set so darn low ... *** Despite the thrust of the headline and subjective focus elements of the Swiftie story, it was a fair and thorough account, as evidenced by this quote from the liberal Kevin Drum: it's just absurd for Dobbs to treat both sides as equally credible in his story. And the conservative National Review: ... as Michael Dobbs recently did in an evenhanded front-page Washington Post story on the Bronze Star incident ... Posted by Bill at December 14, 2005 09:11 AM | TrackBack (1) Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsEven though I'd never read them because of their idealogical position - they do sometimes have something good to say. They do seem to sometimes be the only people to get inside the White House. It's their reporting on the progress of the war that's really got me riled. How can they print so many lies? People can't see all the progress that's happening. Posted by: BC at December 14, 2005 10:54 AM It's their reporting on the progress of the war that's really got me riled. How can they print so many lies? People can't see all the progress that's happening. I'd agree with you here - the WaPo's focus on the war has been pretty atrocious, along with the rest of the MSM. But it's not so much what they are printing, as it is what they are NOT printing, that's the problem, IMO. Posted by: Bill from INDC at December 14, 2005 10:56 AM Comparing them to the Boston Globe really doesn't say much. WaPo is national and the Globe is a regional in a 1 party state acting as a DNC fanzine. Posted by: jacktanner at December 14, 2005 11:59 AM Ok, sorry, I guess I just thought the reference to "other dailies" (plural) might spur you to make some contextual comparisons from your own experience. Is the NY Times national enough? The LA Times? The SF Chronicle? USA Today? Coincidentally, all the largest dailies (and what does a strict definition of "national" by paper circulation mean in this day and age anyway? The NY imes only has a "national" circ of somewhere around 1.1 million, though its influence is considered far greater than those numbers indicate) are headquartered in "1-party states." (or "regions") Including (drumroll) the Washington Post. 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