Today’s Washington Post nitpicking:

1. Shailagh Murray’s story on the emerging Democratic controversy over Howard Dean only uses half of Dean’s gaffe in San Francisco, not the complete passage that “Today” and others have used. He not only said the GOP was a “white Christian” party, he said “The Republicans are not very friendly to different kinds of people. We’re more welcoming to different folks, because that’s the kind of people we are.” Clear message: We aren’t bigots. They are. It’s one thing for the Republican party to have low black support, and another to say they don’t want blacks to join. It’s a little surprising when a major newspaper is less thorough than a TV morning show. (And the last claim, from DNC flack Jenny Backus, that bashing the DNC chairman is a favorite Washington parlor game, is too lame for words, a total airball.)

2. In the fraudulent headline category, see the story “At Rock the Vote Awards, 15 Bipartisan Candles.” The story describes how Rock the Vote honored John McCain for speech-squashing campaign finance “reform,” how they lobby against Social Security reform, and perhaps, in the least bipartisan tribute of all, honored Bill Clinton for “lifetime achievement.” Bipartisan? This is about as accurate for readers as claiming the Christian Coalition has been bipartisan for the last 15 years.

3. Paul Farhi again writes up PBS insider heartburn over a top CPB job going to former RNC co-chair Patricia Harrison. Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but Democratic officials of all stripes have worked inside the pubcasting system. NPR’s leaders have included Frank Mankiewicz (McGovern ‘72), Delano Lewis (an aide to DC Mayor Marion Barry), and Democratic donor Doug Bennet.