WaPo Ombudsman Calls Post Headline Saying Iran Wants Nuke Weapons ‘Misleading’

Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress Last month, ThinkProgress pointed to misleading polling questions in a Quinnipiac University poll. The questions referred to “Iran’s nuclear weapons program” when neither the UN’s nuclear agency nor conseus U.S. intelligence estimates have asserted… Continue Reading

Ombudsman: Jen Rubin Supports Call to Kill Palestinians, ‘Did Damage’ to WaPo Credibility

Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress Last month, Rachel Abrams, a board member of a right-wing pro-Israel organization, wrote a controversial blog post calling for Palestinian militants — and their children — to be fed to sharks. After Abrams linked… Continue Reading

Paul Pillar takes down Richard Cohen on Iran

On Tuesday Paul Pillar urged us to consider the dangerous momentum hawks gain when liberals echo their war drums by scrutinizing the “thinking and non-thinking” exemplified by Richard Cohen in his recent column about Iran. Cohen’s line of reasoning echoes… Continue Reading

WaPo’s Rubin Inaccurately Cites WSJ Article To Claim White House ‘Tolerates’ Syrian ‘Terror Operation’

Posted with the permission of Think Progress The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin has a history of never missing an opportunity to criticize the White House, but her post today, “Obama tolerates terror operations run out of Syria’s embassy,” provides yet… Continue Reading