Goodbye Washington Post

I'm just staggered by the one-sided reporting in today's Post on the biggest story in the country. An off-lead story on the union protests in three states bylined by Michael A. Fletcher and Brady Dennis and datelined Trenton, N.J., of all places focuses almost exclusively on the point of view of these brave governors.

The budget fights initiated by Republican governors represent a multi-state effort by like-minded politicians to solve budgetary problems in part by weakening public employee unions and demanding significant concessions from workers. After the November elections, Republicans now control many more state legislatures and governorships.

Although the particulars may differ - some governors are seeking to end collective bargaining rights, others are not - the state executives share both a political philosophy and a conviction that the public is prepared to support these measures if they help fix long-term budgetary problems.

Republican officials said there is no coordinated campaign underway. Governors are loosely communicating, sharing text messages and occasional phone calls as they offer moral support to one another.

The story goes on and on like this, giving most of the facetime to the "plain-spoken" Christie, who is one of a "growing group of governors that is attacking yawning budget deficits by facing down public employees and promising not to raise taxes."

There is not a single quote from a union official, not in the top of the story, not in the middle, not in the bottom. How one-sided and irresponsible can you be and still get away with it?

It's the last straw. I've put up with the sloppy and biased reporting up until now, the useless and desperate cosmetic changes, the gutting of the reporting staff, the flippant idiocies of Dana Milbank, the rank inconsistencies of Fred Hiatt's editorial page and reluctanly renewed my subscription. But I'm calling today to cancel. Goodbye Washington Post. R.I.P.