I too have been more and more disturbed by what seems to me to be an increasing skew in the both the reporting  by some particular reporters who use "slanting" adjectives to color what might otherwise be a straight reporting of fact or events.  Why are the editors letting this bias slip through?  We all expect bias in op-ed pieces and LTEs.  They are by their nature an expression of the author's opinion. However George Will and others should STILL be called on outright misrepresentation vide Will's deliberate deletions of Webb's respectful use of Bush's title ("Mr. President")and the omission of Bush's snarky (showing my opinion here with a slanted  adjective) "That's not what I asked you." in his rant against Webb.  But that's been covered more than adequately elsewhere.  What is just now starting to be discussed is the WaPo's increasingly blatant shift away from factual, neutral reporting of events.  Editors, bring back the blue pencil (or computer equivalent...the delete key) and report the facts, not the reporter's "take" on the facts.  Save that for op-ed. I'm not to the point of cancelling my subscription but that could come.

They are offering a diverse range of opinion.  It's the free marketplace of ideas.  If the overwhelmingly negative response to Will's original comlumn is any indication, the free market of ideas is taking care of business.

For sure it has to be 100% consistent on the facts, or at least explain why such inconsistencies occur.  I agree with you - but you're talking about subjective opinions, while my diary is about objective facts (e.g., what Bush said to Webb, what Wolf said about his trip, etc.)

The Post has been a consistent cover-up for Tom Davis. To get reliable information about the Northern Virginian Congressman, you have to go as far north as the Boston Globe. Writer Susan Milligan won a prestigious Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress for her coverage that included "A series Milligan co-authored on lobbying and congressional abuse of power..." Why isn't the Post reporting on Congressmen in its own coverage area?

WaPo even endorsed this Abramoff crony (more here) without revealing Davis has connections to the scandal, the N. Marianas sweatshop scandal, the Schiavo subpoena, hearing that cover up Katrina and Iraq abuses by Davis contributors, and more.

In its endorsement, and in most of its articles, the Post never mentions that Davis met with child predator Tom Foley along with Dennis Hastert every two weeks for years to discuss fundraising strategy; WaPo never questioned how Davis feigns ignorance about Foley's behavior or its devastating affect on Republican fundraising in Foley's very wealthy Miami Beach district, fundraising Davis was responsible for as RNCC chair.

Not to mention that the Post always adds the honorific "moderate" before the Davis Name, even though he voted with Bush and the Republicans more than 95% of the time.

The Baltimore Chronicle is also way ahead of WaPo on this Republican crook.

Theories for the cover up include that the Post is protecting Northern Virginia resident, Davis contributor and Presidential brother Marvin Bush. WaPo also was desperate for baseball in DC and the incrased readership that would bring; and Davis and Bush have baseball connections that could have affected the outcome. Or maybe they are just too lazy to look up their own information since Davis is  a "political junkie whose love for the minutiae of elections is surpassed only by his obsession with baseball statistics."

This comment really recaps several pre-election diaries.  I'm still exhausted after the election, but we can't let Davis get to the Senate in 2008. Thank goodness Andy Hurst made Davis spend his Senate warchest two years earlier in 2006, but now Davis is going to have to find a way to shake down contractors on Katrina, Iraq, postal reform and the federal telephone service, to pay for his 2008 run for Warner's seat.

My research diaries are here at Dailykos and also on RK:
http://achamblee.dai...
http://www.raisingka...

More is also here at TomDavisTruth, http://www.tomdavist...

Tom Davis is known to call peoples' employers to try to get them fired -kind of like a mob boss. The more I read about Davis the more I see mob-like behavior, like threatening to investigate a company to get them donate to his campaign.

I forgot about that. Davis is known for a terrible temper here, here, here, and here, and shoot I can't find the post by the constuituent who said when he visited his Congressman, Davis spat out, "you donated to my OPPONENT!"

Not to mention that Davis called people in the 11th this year and said he would watch the donor lists to Andy Hurst to make sure they weren't on it, or there would be hell to pay. Our tax dollars at work.

but I doubt that I'm the only one to whom Davis has said that. The fact is, at the time I thought he seemed more wounded than angry. It was shortly after he and I had had a public confrontation about Social Security at one of his town meetings, which actually made the Washington Post, complete with photo. Mr. Davis was dumbfounded, inasmuch as I had previously supported him and given him campaign contributions. He thought I was reliable.

Thanks for setting the record straight.

Meanwhile, the Post reports today that
* there are Billions of dollars in needed military equipment is being wasted,
* some of the people incarcerated in Iraq are innocent Chinese Muslims in a shameful deal with their totalitarian government,
* thanks to Davis donor Lockheed Martin (Davis's wife is the top individial recipient) the FBI's Sentinel system is on track to waste almost as much as the predecessor Virtual Case File, and
* the border fence that Andy Hurst objected to as wasteful, the one that inspired Davis to send flyers about "dangerous liberal" Hurst, is a gap-filled waste.

Tom Davis as head of Government Reform Committee, investigated NONE of this waste. In fact, he and his wife profted handsomely, especially as payments to his wife's employer and her campaign are not subject to federal campaign contributions limits.  His committee issued 1,052 subpoenas related to the investigation of the Clinton Christmas card list, and only 11 subpoenas related to allegations of Republican abuse, according to the Boston Globe.

What is Davis and the Republican leadership doing? Wasting their last week on the anti-choice bill that they know won't pass about the debunked hypothesis that fetuses less than 20 weeks feel pain, and pregnancy starts before implantation.  This from the "small federal government" party. Don't they have more important things to do? I think there's a war on!

The Wa Po is a business. This is why they like Davis. That does put a bad mark on their credibility. And that reporter Micheal Shear, well lets just say ANYTHING he writes should be subject to some serious skepticism. Oh he writes good things about dems now and then, but somehow before the article is done there's the expected slant toward the GOP.

That being said, they chose to stick with good ole Tommy--and the bottom line is MONEY. Andrea is RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, and those higher ups at the Post know it too.