WashPo Ignoring Itself Again
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It isn’t news by now that the WashPo typically ignores itself when something they’ve previously published doesn’t jive with the narrative that they’re pushing on people at the moment. At least in the past it has been the news side and editorial side or national desk vs. the local desk being in conflict. This may be a first, however, with a reporter directly contradicting her own earlier report.
Post reporter Lori Montgomery wrote a hatchet job on Paul Ryan that appears in today’s paper. Among the charges she levels is he isn’t bipartisan or willing to compromise. But how to explain this?
Working with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the Wisconsin Republican is developing a framework that would offer traditional, government-run Medicare as an option for future retirees along with a variety of private plans.
…The center formed its own debt-reduction committee, chaired by former senator Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) and former Clinton budget director Alice Rivlin, who has also worked with Ryan on his premium support approach to Medicare.
Who wrote those words a mere 9 1/2 months ago? Why, its no other than Lori Montgomery! Oops!!!
Gee, funny that now Ryan is the VP nominee (and Ms. Montgomery’s former collaborator Shailagh Murray is now serving as VP Joe Biden’s Communications Director) the first casualty is the truth.
