Tag Archives: Dana Milbank

Dana Milbank's Equal-Opportunity Mockery

Posted on 03/16/2010 by Jim Naureckas

Washington Post columnists Dana Milbank and David Broder are both committed guardians of the establishment center, but they don't always interpret their role in the same way. Milbank led the cheers for White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel as … Continue reading →

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Only Rahm Emanuel Can Save You Now

Posted on 03/02/2010 by Peter Hart

White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has always been a controversial figure–famously profane and short-tempered, and politically speaking a center-right Clinton Democrat. As of late, though, there's been a strange effort–particularly in the Washington Post–to present Emanuel as the … Continue reading →

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Dana Milbank, Snow and Climate Change

Posted on 02/16/2010 by Peter Hart

Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank thinks it's pretty silly for Republicans and climate change deniers to say that the recent snowstorms mean that climate change is phony. BUT…. don't think for a second that Milbank's going to let "greens" off … Continue reading →

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Dana Milbank and the Church of Obama

Posted on 12/07/2009 by Peter Hart

The Washington Post's Dana Milbank (12/6/09) thinks there's something wrong with left-wing critics of Barack Obama.As his lead put it: Some parishioners in the Church of Obama discovered last week that their spiritual leader is a false prophet. Milbank startswith … Continue reading →

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The Neverending 2008 Presidential Campaign

Posted on 09/22/2009 by Peter Hart

Remember back in 2007/2008 when Democratic candidate Barack Obama was being called an elitist? Well, if you miss that kind of media coverage, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank has got you covered (9/18/09) here, writing up Michelle Obama's visitto aD.C. … Continue reading →

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WaPo 'Screw-You' Video Follows 'Mad Bitch' Offense

Posted on 08/09/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Guest Women In Media & News blogger Adele M. Stan (8/5/09) has some more to say about the WashingtonPost.com's "now-infamous 'Mad Bitch' video": Last Friday, Talking Points Memo's Brian Beutler shone a light on a video produced by the Washington … Continue reading →

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Snarky WaPo-er 'Surprised by the Ferocity out There'

Posted on 08/07/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Howard Kurtz recently offered fellow Washington Post reporters Dana Milbank and Chris Cillizza a chance to apologize for having, in an online Post feature, "implied Hillary Clinton was a 'bitch.'" But American Prospect's Tapped blogger Adam Serwer (8/5/09) has a … Continue reading →

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Why I Couldn't Say What Dan Froomkin Said Reporters Should Do

Posted on 06/26/2009 by Jim Naureckas

I wrote a short item on Dan Froomkin's firing for FAIR's radio show CounterSpin today: One of the bright spots at the Washington Post media enterprise was Dan Froomkin's column, "White House Watch," for WashingtonPost.com. It often struck us that … Continue reading →

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Inside Dana Milbank's Bubble

Posted on 06/12/2009 by Steve Rendall

In his June 11 Washington Post column about a Capitol Hill hearing featuring single-payer advocates (imagine that!), Dana Milbank sheds no light on the policy debate, but manages to reveal just how deeply enveloped he is inside the Beltway bubble. … Continue reading →

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Broder Column-Generator Strikes Again

Posted on 06/12/2009 by Peter Hart

Washington Post columnist David Broder has made a career out of advocating a certain type of corporate centrism–earning him the honorary (?) title of the Dean of the D.C. Press Corps. The formula is pretty simple: Argue that Democratic politicians … Continue reading →

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Dana Milbank Stamps His Foot at the Unfairness of Google

Posted on 05/07/2009 by Jim Naureckas

In a column attacking Google and other "accused newspaper industry killers," the Washington Post's Dana Milbank (5/7/09) doesn't present much of an argument for why newspapers are dying–but he provides an excellent example of why journalism like his deserves to … Continue reading →

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The Hazards of Reporting on Palin Rallies

Posted on 10/18/2008 by Jim Naureckas

Via TPM, we read about a reporter (Capital Beat, 10/16/08) who got knocked down at a Sarah Palin rally in North Carolina because he tried to interview an Obama supporter. This seems like the natural progression from the earlier report … Continue reading →

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