Wash Post Tops Front Page With Protest of...176 People: "Hard-left 'anti-war' protesters – so far to the left that they’re protesting Barack Obama – were awarded the top left of The Washington Post on Wednesday. This 'event' protesting the eighth anniversary of war in Afghanistan not only topped page one, it covered about 75 percent of page A6, including four color photographs.
The headline was 'For Antiwar Protesters, the Cause Isn't Lost: But Will D.C. Rally Spark Groundswell?' Post reporter Eli Saslow softly implied it wasn’t going well, that 'this time the organizers believed they could revive the beleaguered anti-war movement, once such a force in U.S. policy. The next 48 hours would put their optimism on trial.'
If there was a journalistic award for beating around the bush, Saslow and the Post could win it. After 25 paragraphs, Saslow finally revealed that the Post’s idea of news judgment isn’t based on numbers: the reporter counted...176 protesters.
The 9-12 conservative rally against Obama made the front page, but the 'conservative' label came immediately, and 'Republican' consultant Mark McKinnon graced the front page worrying that 'right-wing nutballs are aligning themselves with these movements'and 'It’s bad for Republicans because in the absence of any real leadership, the freaks fill the void and define the party.'"
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