David Weigel - has started at the Washington Post as their man reporting on the conservative movement
Weigel worked previously at the Washington Independent, where he published a stream of leftist screeds against conservatives and the tea parties. For example, "‘N-Word’ Sign Dogs Would-Be Tea Party Leader", and "Tea Partiers Want You to Remember the Days When the Left Was Crazy".
David Weigel, "‘Right-Wing’ Rhetoric on Hold After Museum Shooting." It's a pretty strong attack on those who take exception to the left's smear against the conservative movement as a bunch of "Christian fascist eliminationists."
“David Weigel - has started at the Washington Post as their man reporting on the conservative movement”
Per Wikipedia...
Gay Marriage Controversy
In May 2010 Weigel became the subject of much criticism when he referred to opponents of legalized gay marriage as “bigots” on Twitter. Weigel later apologized for the remark.
Per: http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/05/04/washington-post-reporters-bigots-tweet-criticized-by-right/
“When The Washington Post recently hired blogger Dave Weigel to cover the conservative movement and the GOP, one right-leaning site, Newsbusters, was not impressed. “The paper has hired another blogger who has been critical of the Right,” it wrote, “and his beat will be, you guessed it, covering conservatives.”
Now, a Tweet Weigel sent out Saturday has confirmed conservatives’ fears. While much of official Washington was preparing for the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, Weigel sent out the following Tweet: “I can empathize with everyone I cover except for the anti-gay marriage bigots. In 20 years no one will admit they were part of that.”
“Conservatives, whom Weigel is paid to cover, were understandably irate. Penny Nance, chief executive of Concerned Women for America (CWA) told me, “If (Weigel) ever tweeted that African-Americans are bigots on this issue he would no longer be employed by The Washington Post. His own arrogance disqualifies him as a serious journalist assigned to covering conservatives . . . for The Washington Post to assign him to cover Concerned Women for America is like assigning a weasel to watch the hen house.”
Dan Gainor, a vice president at the Media Research Center, told me, “This is how the Post covers the conservative movement: Find someone who doesn’t even understand the traditional values that made our nation great and then assign him to report on the right. Throw in the fact that Weigel loves to bash conservatives and he’s the ideal Postie. At the same time, the paper hired a hard-core lefty in Ezra Klein to advocate for the left. It’s a ridiculous double standard. The Post should be both embarrassed and ashamed.”
“When I confronted Weigel about his Tweet, he initially responded by Tweeting: “Unpleasant words are so much worse than watching 54% of your peers nullify your marriage,” a comment that struck me as the response of an activist more than a journalist. When I asked him of the ethics of such a Tweet being sent out by a reporter tasked with covering conservatives, he responded by explaining: “I like (and largely agree with) pro-lifers. But I do not understand or respect the motivation of anti-gay marriage campaigners.”
How can he now go to the Family Research Council’s “Value Voters Summit” and objectively report on it? How can his coverage of a Rick Santorum speech, for example, be trusted? Some have wondered why the Post would hire a non-conservative to cover the conservative movement. One obvious inference in light of this development is that conservatives are not welcome at that paper. Before joining The Washington Post, Weigel previously wrote for the libertarian “Reason” and the liberal Washington Independent. He frequently appears on such programs as NPR’s “Fresh Air” and MSNBC offerings, like Keith Olbermann and The Rachel Maddow Show.”