Fact Checking The Washington Post

Just one day after (still fairly) new Ombudsman Andrew Alexander talked up the Washington Posts renewed efforts to clear the looming backlog of corrections that he had earlier highlighted (and without noting, it should be added, the needed corrections for George Will) the Post ran a front page article that could stand a lot of correcting.

Instead of doing it myself though you should turn to Dean Baker, who has already more than adequately done the job:

Washington Post Runs Front Page Editorial Against Obama's Tax Increase on the Wealthy

There is no other way to describe an article with the subhead "Under Obama Plan, Some Entrepreneurs' Bills Would Soar." The piece centers on an extremely atypical small business owner who claims that her taxes would increase by more than 19 percent under President Obama's tax proposals...

Make sure to read the whole thing, particularly if you saw the WaPo piece this morning.