That would be the good witch side of the Washington Post, the side that writes actual news articles that are true and thoughtful. As compared to the bad witch editorial side of the Washington Post run by Fred Hiatt, the anti-"Katharine Graham" - devoted to lies, injustice, and the Bush American way.
Yesterday we reported that the Post was running an article claiming that Cheney got booed at the baseball game for throwing a bad pitch, when in fact Cheney got booed from the second he stepped out onto the field - i.e., he got booed for being Cheney, not for throwing a bad pitch.
The Post, to its credit, corrected the story. And to their credit, the Post's "Reliable Source" column - basically, the political gossip page - also got the story right.
Maybe we can get the Post's gossip folks to give Fred Hiatt a lesson in journalism. Hmm... what would such a course look like?
Journalism 101
- Lesson 1: Read your own newspaper.
- Lesson 2: Don't lie.
- Lesson 3: Don't assume your readers are stupid.
