Reader Jim Drey sent us this video of a man who parked himself in front of the Washington Post’s downtown headquarters at 1150 15th Street NW this afternoon to tell everyone — and we mean everyone — that the Post’s editorial page stinks. You may want to lower the volume before you click play.
So here’s what we can figure out about what’s going on here: Robert Brannum, a Ward 5 activist and one-time candidate for the D.C. school board, requested that the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance investigate DCPS Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s connection with the solicitation of private foundation grants to help fund the new teachers’ contract. The Post’s editorial board wrote a piece about Brannum’s request that was very critical, calling Brannum’s accusations “half-baked” and stating “[l]et’s hope reality sets in before there is real harm to education reform.” Brannum then sent this response to the Post, which the paper reportedly heavily edited and published on their “All Opinions Are Local” page. Brannum didn’t take too kindly to that, so he went and affixed megaphones to the roof of his car, and well, here we are.
Sheesh, somebody needs to tell this guy about the internet. There are message boards for this kind of thing, dude.