Brett Kavanaugh’s return to coaching his daughter’s basketball team was a signal for liberals to take another swipe at the Supreme Court Justice.
And while The Washington Post was ready to take on the riveting news on Tuesday, it was the placement of the story by the publication that sparked an outcry over media bias.
The Post gave life again to the smear against Kavanaugh during his confirmation battle that allegations against him might mean he would have to give up coaching his daughter’s basketball team, implying that he could be a pedophile because of the sexual assault accusations, which he repeatedly denied.
But Kavanaugh did return to coaching as The Post’s Ann E. Marimow wrote, reporting that he was “back in action over the Thanksgiving holiday leading his younger daughter’s team to the championship game of a tournament in the Washington suburbs.”
Brett Kavanaugh worried that scandal would end his coaching days. Now the Supreme Court justice is back on the basketball court. https://t.co/FBlk89Xx7S
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 28, 2018
But the article was placed under the Post’s “Public Safety” tag, as noted by National Republican Senatorial Committee member Logan Dobson.
tf is this tag, @washingtonpost pic.twitter.com/NBpOrj8zfU
— Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) November 27, 2018
“tf is this tag, @washingtonpost,” he tweeted, pointing out in another tweet that it was placed in the same section that featured an article about a 6-year-old child hit by a bus in Charles County, Md.
yes truly this is where a story about a local youth basketball coach belongs pic.twitter.com/SSepTvi80q
— Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) November 27, 2018
While there was essentially no evidence to corroborate any of the claims made against Kavanaugh, the left continues to vilify him with some Democrats vowing to impeach the Supreme Court Justice once they are back in power.
Fair enough! I would argue that a bit more care should go into that decision making — after all, the tag comes before even the headline and can bias the readers’ mindset
— Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) November 27, 2018
Placing any article about him in the “public safety” section was going too far as Twitter users slammed The Washington Post’s decision.
What a JOKE… Media BIAS is REAL…
Washington Post TAGS story about Kavanaugh coaching GIRLS basketball under ‘PUBLIC SAFETY’…https://t.co/P5XlAviMIv
— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) November 28, 2018
The gutter journalism that still surrounds reports about Brett Kavanaugh make me want to tear my hair out: https://t.co/EHli4IwPsY
— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) November 28, 2018
Well it’s official now. The Enquirer/The Onion have more credible headlines and articles than the WaPo and the NYT.
WHAT BIAS? Washington Post Puts Story About Kavanaugh Coaching Basketball Under ‘Public Safety’ Tag https://t.co/Rbr5Cuz5v7
— Just Jeff ???? (@bahamamills) November 28, 2018
Umm, why did the Washington Post categorize a story about Justice Brett Kavanaugh coaching girls basketball in the “Public Safety” section? pic.twitter.com/wOcVCItwxC
— Ellen L. Carmichael (@ellencarmichael) November 28, 2018
Maybe if he’d actually DONE anything it might be, mildly, cogent.
However, all they have, as they did then, are lies, vitriol and slurs.
They’re still in the grip of “Orange Man Bad”, and are too stupid to free themselves.— Charles Borner (@charlesborner) November 28, 2018
It’s the @washingtonpost. They can always be expected to go low.
— Old IDF SSG ?? ?? ❌ (@Berner954) November 28, 2018
Shame on the Washington Post for its Kavanaugh “safety post”. Shame Shame Shame!
— jsb (@stlowoman) November 28, 2018
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