WaPo Style Section Back On ‘Hide/Seek’ Hobby Horse with Story on Reactions in Gallery Visitor Log
The Washington Post Style section mounted its latest favorite hobby horse again this morning with yet another article devoted to the controversial “Hide/Seek” Smithsonian exhibit, which is closing this Sunday. NewsBusters sister organization CNSNews.com broke the story in late November that sparked the controversy. You can read that story here . Shortly after Penny Starr's story, the Gallery removed an offensive video entitled “Fire In My Belly,” which featured among other things a depiction of ants crawling on a crucifix. The decision to remove the video was decried as censorship by liberal critics, a criticism magnified by the Post's Style section coverage of the row. A Nexis search of the term “Hide/Seek”
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