Here’s a good definition of what The Washington Post doesn’t find newsworthy. The big headline on the front page of Monday’s Washington Examiner was “Most on D.C. welfare don’t look for work: 22% of able recipients meet job-search rules.” A quick Nexis search of The Washington Post finds no attempt to report on this sad… Read more »
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Wonkbook: Gun control shows how Washington really works
Welcome to Wonkbook, Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas’s morning policy news primer. To subscribe by e-mail, click here. Send comments, criticism, or ideas to Wonkbook at Gmail dot com. To read more by Ezra and his team, go to Wonkblog. “If our democracy’s working the way it’s supposed to,” President Obama said in West Hartford,… Read more »
Washington Post: Mark Begich (D) is terrified of the NRA.
Well, that’s what the WaPo wanted to say: Sen Mark Begich declared a “sea change” in the politics of gun control immediately after the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., telling his local newspaper that he would not hesitate to buck the powerful National Rifle Association. But in the months since, the gun rights group has… Read more »
Ex-FCC Heads: Feds Should Ban ‘Indecent’ Washington Redskins from TV
The definition of indecency has certainly changed, if current battles within the Federal Communications Commission continue as projected. While the FCC is now reportedly seeking public comment on the possibility of allowing “non-sexual” nudity on television, as well as cursing, ex-FCC honchos have reached out to the owner of the Washington Redskins, Daniel Snyder, to… Read more »