Google “Ceci Connolly” (in quotes) and the first hit you get will be Open Left’s Ceci Connolly — Ridiculous Reporter followed by her own self-promotion page.
Which leads to two questions: Who edits her work and why do they let her play by herself?
Especially on issues of critical national importance like politics and health care.
Which brings us to the point of today’s riff on disgraced Washington Post reporter Ceci Connolly.
In her front page report on health care reform, Obama Trims Sails On Health Reform Connolly makes it to paragraph 19 before totally melting down into the silly-public chiding Obama lovefest she had been restraining (barely) to that point.
"You da man."
Perhaps Connolly – shown here getting the “you-da-man” handshake from former Pres. Bill Clinton aboard Air Force One – imagines the current Democratic president whispering in her ear, but practically, presidents rarely whisper anything. It’s just bad form.
Then throw in “Though few remember, Obama never promised coverage to all 47 million uninsured Americans. A slower, phased-in attempt to cover everyone would help reduce the cost of legislation.”
I guess those pesky public opinion polls showing support slipping for the reform agenda just reach the forgetful among us who should have known better.
If her blatant administration boosterism in print doesn’t convince you of Connolly’s partisanship, her blog on the Huffington Post should put down any remaining traces of her illusion of objectivity.
Who is Connolly’s editor at WaPo, and why aren’t they more closely watchdogging a reporter almost single-handedly responsible for widespread media fallacies about former presidential contender Al Gore.
More on Ceci Connolly:
- Rolling Stone - 7 references
- Blogger Down With Tyranny
- Angry Bear’s Robert Waldmann
- Open Left’s Adam Greene
Blogger Corrente sums up much of the reporting on Connolly, “She is as bad as it gets. If you see her coming, cross the street to avoid her.”
Had enough? EmptyWheel puts Connolly at the heart of the pay2play scandal that recently rocked WaPo.
At the same time, e-mails were being sent over Weymouth’s name to lawmakers and others inviting them to the July 21 dinner. They said she, Brauchli and “health care reporter Ceci Connolly” were hosting the evening. An accompanying invitation said it would be off the record and noted that it would be underwritten by a single sponsor, Kaiser Permanente.
And just to close with a laugh, leftie-blog Hullabaloo’s Digby writes about Connolly and other WaPo notables:
The worst thing about the right wingers calling the Washington Post the “liberal media” isn’t that it’s factually inaccurate — it’s that they are making liberals look so bad by lumping us in with these people.
Tags: Adam Greene, Ceci Connolly, Corrente, Digby, disgraced Washington Post reporter, Down With Tyranny, EmptyWheel, Robert Waldmann, Rolling Stone, Washington Post
