The WaPo, as fair and balanced as ever

By Michael J.W. Stickings

A lot that appears in the pages of the increasingly right-leaning Washington Post infuriates me, including this awful piece on Obama's upcoming speech by staff writers Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery. The bias is clear from the start: What is needed is "broad consensus" on health-care reform, that is, Republican support. But, of course, there is no Republican support for it. The piece neglects to mention that each Democratic overture has been met with resistance and opposition, and obstructionism, highlighting instead the recent achievements of Max Baucus, which essentially amount to crafting a compromise bill that no one likes, including especially the GOPers in the Gang of Six. The piece eventually turns its attention to Obama, but, by then, the point has been made, and it's just the sort of point you'd expect from a media outlet that, on this issue especially, seems to have become an organ of the Republican Party.