WaPo’s Cillizza Dead Wrong About Political Media’s Declining Power

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At the Washington Post political blog, The Fix, Chris Cillizza (a good reporter) looks at a recent Pew report on the state of the media and comes to a surprisingly simplistic conclusion. I’m not going to argue with Pew’s numbers, but I am going to argue with Cillizza’s interpretation of what those numbers ultimately mean:… Read more »

Stay classy: WaPo’s Chris Cillizza tweets ‘Pope Benedict, following Palin’s lead, resigns’

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That’s right. The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza used the announcement that Pope Benedict XVI is stepping down at the end of the month as an excuse to slam Sarah Palin, and the pope himself. The Washington Post, ladies and gentlemen. RT @TheFix Pope Benedict, following Sarah Palin's lead, resigns. ow.ly/hBDsg— Joshua Treviño (@jstrevino) February 11,… Read more »

Chris Cillizza Finds Decline In Americans’ Trust In Government ‘Depressing’

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Conservatives might take heart from a recent poll showing a decline in Americans' trust in government.  But Chris Cillizza sees it as a "depressing reality." So wrote Cillizza in his "Fix" column in today's Washington Post.  Let's consider what Thomas Jefferson's had to say about the need for a healthy distrust of government. More after… Read more »