James Taranto

James Taranto edits op-eds for The Wall Street Journal, formerly wrote a column for the newspaper titled “Best of the Web,” and frequently made sexist comments about women and sexual assault.

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WSJ's Taranto Dismisses Military Sexual Assault Epidemic, Cries “War On Men”

06/18/13 11:14 AM EDT
VIDEO: WSJ’s New Op-Ed Boss, James Taranto, Has A Problem With Women

01/03/17 2:56 PM EST
WSJ's Taranto Calls For A “Rebalancing Of The Burden Of Proof In Sexual-Harassment Cases”

11/04/11 3:47 PM EDT

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Taranto repeated stale falsehood that there's “no evidence” Plame was a “covert agent”

07/08/07 12:52 PM EDT
Wash. Post, conservative media asserted that Lieberman ran as staunch war supporter, ignored his shifting rhetoric

11/13/06 5:38 PM EST
Worst of the Web Today: Taranto cited 1998 bin Laden PDB as evidence of Pres. Clinton's “inaction”

09/28/06 9:31 AM EDT
Worst of the Web Today: Taranto made light of Sheehan's surgery

08/24/06 6:41 PM EDT
Taranto conspicuously mum on the status of his media-bias theory

06/02/06 1:22 PM EDT
At Taranto's request, Media Matters debunks his theory of media bias

05/31/06 9:47 AM EDT
Worst of the Web Today: Taranto attacked Democrats and the media -- but not Bush -- for politicizing Tal Afar

05/11/06 5:46 PM EDT
“Media Matters”; by Jamison Foser

02/10/06 7:54 PM EST
Taranto: “108 Democrats ... are now on record opposing victory”

12/21/05 12:02 PM EST
Limbaugh defended his and Mehlman's Kerry distortion with falsehood

12/09/05 5:07 PM EST
Taranto repeated false claim that Woodward revelation contradicts Fitzgerald's account of CIA leak

11/23/05 2:03 PM EST
Hannity falsely referred to Republican resolution as the “Murtha amendment”

11/21/05 6:06 PM EST

Featured

WSJ's Taranto Dismisses Military Sexual Assault Epidemic, Cries “War On Men”

VIDEO: WSJ’s New Op-Ed Boss, James Taranto, Has A Problem With Women

WSJ's Taranto Calls For A “Rebalancing Of The Burden Of Proof In Sexual-Harassment Cases”

The Latest

Taranto repeated stale falsehood that there's “no evidence” Plame was a “covert agent”

Wash. Post, conservative media asserted that Lieberman ran as staunch war supporter, ignored his shifting rhetoric

Worst of the Web Today: Taranto cited 1998 bin Laden PDB as evidence of Pres. Clinton's “inaction”

Worst of the Web Today: Taranto made light of Sheehan's surgery

Taranto conspicuously mum on the status of his media-bias theory

At Taranto's request, Media Matters debunks his theory of media bias

Worst of the Web Today: Taranto attacked Democrats and the media -- but not Bush -- for politicizing Tal Afar

“Media Matters”; by Jamison Foser

Taranto: “108 Democrats ... are now on record opposing victory”

Limbaugh defended his and Mehlman's Kerry distortion with falsehood

Taranto repeated false claim that Woodward revelation contradicts Fitzgerald's account of CIA leak

Hannity falsely referred to Republican resolution as the “Murtha amendment”