Erik Wemple
Washington Post
Washington, DC, United States
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Recent articles by Erik:
Why is Tucker Carlson so obsessed with Maine?
It's personal, but that's not obvious. → Read More
MSNBC’s Ruhle on ‘Obamagate’ farce: ‘I didn’t want to give one ounce of breath or attention to this’
Another classic news-coverage conundrum: covering a bombshell that isn't. → Read More
‘Meet the Press’ apologizes for its Barr blunder
What makes an apology bulletproof? → Read More
New York Times reporter calls Pence a ‘sycophant.’ The newspaper says he ‘went too far.’
Once again: The hallowed standards of the traditional mainstream press collide with the reality of the Trump administration. → Read More
‘60 Minutes’ cites ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ for coronavirus misinformation
This rumor, amplified by Fox News, has had real repercussions. → Read More
Vanity Fair ‘updates’ story about Donald Trump Jr., OAN
There are retractions; there are corrections; and there are 'updates,' which do a lot of work in journalism these days. → Read More
U.S. News & World Report does furloughs, following pay cuts
The coronavirus crisis has led yet another media outlet to a reckoning on advertising. → Read More
Kayleigh McEnany fails to reframe her famous coronavirus gaffe
Her excuse crumbled on close inspection, but that doesn't matter to President Trump and his supporters. → Read More
CBS News edits testing story after Project Veritas exposes clinic’s line-stuffing ploy
“We found a 25 percent increase in testing at Cherry Health,” says Diaz in the package, referring to a health center with more than 20 sites in Michigan. One of the shots in the presentation shows cars queuing up: As it turns out, that queue may not represent the actual demand for coronavirus tests in Grand Rapids. Project Veritas, the sting-video operation headed by James O’Keefe, secured… → Read More
ABC News’s David Muir is no match for Trump’s falsehoods
Nearly five years into the Trump era, there’s little excuse for having poor comebacks to Trump’s telegraphed nonsense. → Read More
After MeToo scandals, NBC News gets a new top boss — another guy
Longtime TV news exec won't live down his failure to land the Harvey Weinstein story. → Read More
RNC chair proposes punishing outlets that failed to press Joe Biden on sexual assault claim
'It went from #MeToo, #MeToo, #MeToo, to Move on, Move on, Move on in a nanosecond because he's a Democrat,' Ronna McDaniel told ABC News. → Read More
Kayleigh McEnany promises reporters: ‘I will never lie to you’
The new White House press secretary holds the administration's first press briefing in more than a year. → Read More
MSNBC, Biden and the ‘home team’ interview
Did the former vice president get kind treatment at MSNBC? → Read More
Tucker Carlson eviscerates Democrats over Tara Reade double standard
And that's a real problem for Joe Biden. → Read More
Study: Coronavirus news makes many feel ‘worse emotionally’
Wonder why? → Read More
Sean Hannity’s self-own
The guy who's always proclaiming America the greatest country on Earth is now degrading one of its greatest freedoms. → Read More
The White House attempts to humiliate CNN’s Kaitlan Collins
Just what motive did the White House have to mess with the seating arrangement in the briefing room? → Read More
Injections, light and disinfectant: Trump makes news at coronavirus briefing
President Trump makes news at his briefing, in exactly the wrong way. → Read More
From Fox News, a big dose of dumb on hydroxychloroquine
The wondrous power of the drug was approaching Benghazi-levels of hype at Fox News, until an April pivot. → Read More