Juliet Eilperin propagandizes on ozone rule withdrawal

Unbiased reporting seems still to be a mysterious concept to Washington Post reporter Juliet Eilperin.

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In Eilperin‘s coverage of today’s withdrawal of the ozone rule by the Obama administration, the only quote she managed to produce for the first (10:40am) published version of her article was the following:

“It’s unfortunate that the administration is siding with big oil over the health of children, seniors, and the infirm,” said Daniel J. Weiss of the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank.

The Center of American Progress, of course, is where Eilperin’s husband (Andrew Light) works with the quoted-Weiss on climate issues. It must have been a tough quote to get. While Eilperin did add other quotes for the 12:40pm version of her article, she continues to omit disclosing that her husband is a colleague of Weiss. Also, Eilperin apparently made no effort to balance Weiss’ comment with an opposing view on the underlying public health issues.

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