RACE TO THE BOTTOM: That Deleted Ted Cruz Cartoon Wasn’t The Worst Thing Wash Post Published This Week. Try this on for size: “The war in Afghanistan follows Obama to his vacation in Hawaii.” “To be honest, I find this sort of headline and lede more indicative of media bias than anything any cartoonist can ever did. This is how you write a story about six dead Americans in a war that is supposed to be over already? No, this is more like reporting as ideological Vulcan mind-meld: How did the biggest single day of KIAs ruin Obama’s vacation?”