Wash. Post Publishes FReeper Letter to Editor Re: Liberal Media Bias and Garofalo Awards

The Washington Post ^ | Saturday, May 3, 2003 | Kristinn Taylor

[kristinn]

Saturday, May 3, 2003; Page A21

The April 27 Style article about the White House correspondents' dinner reported on the lack of Hollywood antiwar activists at the event, noting in contrast with a distinct descriptive paragraph that "the main protest that took place outside the dinner was about . . . tax cuts" by the Fair Taxes for All Coalition, a liberal group opposed to President Bush's proposed tax cuts.

Not reported was a larger, more boisterous demonstration held at the same time across the street from the anti-Bush group. That protest, organized by the conservative D.C. chapter of FreeRepublic.com, criticized liberal bias in the media and featured the announcement of the winners of Free Republic's Garofalo Awards.

SNIP

Reporting only the liberal protest outside the dinner and ignoring the larger conservative one helps to once again reinforce your paper's reputation for liberal bias.

[kristinn]

Being that The Post is snippy about full-text articles, this brief missive has been edited for posting. The letter also describes the Garofalos, who won and the TV news coverage of the protests.

[ken5050]

as always, as great job..BTW..just curious.....where you contacted by phone or e-mail by the WP to verify who you were, before they printed the letter?

[Peach]

Good going. You represented us well on Fox News the other day, too.

[Auntie Mame]

Hey, it's YOUR letter and you can do anything you want with it. Let's see the entire thing. Did they edit it at all? I will NEVER click on the WP website and really really really want to read your entire letter. Pretty please?

[The Mayor]

I have seen you alot on Fox lately. Nice job!

[sauropod]

Good one!

[techcor]

Way to go! But don't forget to mention Garofalo gave Bill Clinton an award at the "Seeds for Peace". The Kosovo bombings killed about half as many civilians as did freeing Iraq. So don't forget to ask her (or her supporters / anti-war activists) when does it go from being "a great peace-maker" to "as evil as Hussein".

[cardinal4]

Good letter, Kristinn. Im surprised they printed it. Im also surprised they mentioned Bill Clinton was Garafalo winner-considering the fact that the Washington Post enabled, condoned, fostered, shaped, molded, abetted, contributed to, allowed, justified, glorified, and championed the Clinton Occupation.

[kristinn]

They called me late Thursday afternoon. They told me it would be edited for style and space. I have no complaints. The editing was minimal: style corrections and one redundant sentence edited out.

[ken5050]

Thanks....BTW, can I suggest that for he convenience of those ho read this thread..you post links to threads about the demonstration....

[W04Man]

Good job as always, kristinn.

[lilylangtree]

Good job. Your real proof of media bias was quite evident. Wish more people were aware of it. Considering that the Washington Post was owned by the late Katherine Graham Post, one of the biggest, wealthiest, elitists RATS, I wasn't surprised when FR wasn't mentioned. Assume her offspring is running the show at the Post, and continuning their RATS microscopic view.

[grammymoon]

Good going Kristinn!

[kristinn]

Once submitted, the letter becomes their's. When they publish it, it really becomes their's.

[skinkinthegrass]

Good Post...read the WP, still felt somewhat dirty >400 miles away..."Do you want some Grey Prupon on the CROW to go w/ your whine?"... :)

[reagandemocrat]

In the pantheon of FreeRepublic---First Jim Robinson, then Kristinn.

RD

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Well done.

[kristinn]

It was a slam dunk case. Publishing this letter is their own way of eating Garofalo....

[nicmarlo]

Great letter, kristinn!

[thinktwice]

Congratulations for getting your letter published.

The WP, in a way, was forced to hoist itself on its own petard.