Washington Post gives lie to myth of a "liberal press"

Rep. John Murtha
From Consortiumnews.com

"Wash Post Smears War Critics, Again"
By Robert Parry
June 21, 2006


"One might think that a newspaper which helped fan a war frenzy that got more than 2,500 American soldiers and tens of thousands of Iraqis killed might show some remorse or at least some circumspection before attacking critics of that misadventure. But that is not the way of the Washington Post.

"One also might think that a newspaper would have some interest in holding dishonest politicians accountable, especially when the consequences of their deceptions have been as grievous as George W. Bush’s Iraq War lies. But that also is not the way of the Post.

"More than three years into the Iraq War, the Post’s editors remain steadfast defenders of Washington’s neocon- servatives who pushed the dangerous doctrine that military invasion was the way to “democratize” Muslim countries in the Middle East. In 2002-2003, the Post’s editors cast Iraq War skeptics out of the polite opinion-page society – and are still at it."