OUR SOURCE WAS THE NEW YORK TIMES:

Shot: WashPost Newbie: GOP Media Bias Claims Usually ‘Unfounded or Greatly Exaggerated.’

—Tim Graham, NewsBusters, today.

Chaser: THE PUBLIC EDITOR; Is The New York Times a Liberal Newspaper? Of course it is.

—Daniel Okrent, then-ombudsman of the New York Times, July 25, 2004.

Hangover:

Thousands of conservatives and even some moderates have complained during my more than three-year term that The Post is too liberal; many have stopped subscribing, including more than 900 in the past four weeks.

It pains me to see lost subscribers and revenue, especially when newspapers are shrinking. Conservative complaints can be wrong: The mainstream media were not to blame for John McCain’s loss; Barack Obama’s more effective campaign and the financial crisis were.

But some of the conservatives’ complaints about a liberal tilt are valid. Journalism naturally draws liberals; we like to change the world. I’ll bet that most Post journalists voted for Obama. I did. There are centrists at The Post as well. But the conservatives I know here feel so outnumbered that they don’t even want to be quoted by name in a memo.

—Deborah Howell, then-ombudswoman of the Washington Post, November 16, 2008.

Coma:

—Newsweek cover for February 16 2009 issue, when the magazine was still owned by — wait for it — the Washington Post.