Michael Birnbaum
WashPost Frets 'Deadly Benghazi Attack Could Mar Clinton Legacy
October 10th, 2012 12:53 PM
Four Americans are dead from a September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and it's becoming abundantly clear that security at the compound had been incredibly lax and that the Obama administration may have actively attempted to deceive the public about the terroristic nature of the strike in the first few days subsequent to it. A House committee is holding a hearing as I…
WashPost Continues to Downplay Atrocious Delay in Investigation of Ben
October 3rd, 2012 4:35 PM
On Tuesday, three weeks after the deadly terrorist strike on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, two House Republicans sent a letter to Obama Secretary of State Hillary Clinton detailing "incidents dating to April" that evidence "a pattern of threats" against the late Amb. Chris Stevens, many of them "new revelations" such as the fact that "Libyans working as private security guards at the U.S.…
WashPost: Three Weeks After Deadly 9/11 Benghazi Strike, FBI Aren't On
October 2nd, 2012 5:07 PM
Today marks three weeks to the day after the deadly terrorist strike on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and yet the scene of the crime remains "unguarded" and the FBI has yet to do an investigation on the ground there, much to the confusion and dismal of local residents of Benghazi, Washington Post staffers Anne Gearan and Michael Birnbaum reported in today's Washington Post.
Yet the article,…
WaPo's Birnbaum: 'Only 31 Percent' of Egyptians 'Sympathize with Funda
April 26th, 2011 5:53 PM
A new poll finds one out of 10 Egyptians are sympathetic to Islamic "fundamentalists," 75 percent have a positive view of the Muslim Brotherhood, and 79 percent have a "very" or "somewhat unfavorable" view of the United States.
But Washington Post's Michael Birnbaum seems to portray this data as of little concern (emphasis mine):
WaPo's Birnbaum Mischaracterizes New Texas Education Standards
May 22nd, 2010 5:37 PM
Perhaps Washington Post reporter Michael Birnbaum needs to brush up his reading comprehension skills. Either that or his bias is coloring what should be straightforward reporting. Here's how Birnbaum opened his page A16 article in the May 22 paper:The Texas state school board gave final approval Friday to controversial social studies standards that minimize the separation of church and state…