I think it is true that Feinstein was not as crazy as some of her Democratic colleagues, but is there any plausible sense in which she was a centrist? …

So throughout her career, Feinstein was a consistently left-wing senator, and over the last 18 years she almost never deviated from the liberal line on any issue or on any vote. You may think this is fine if you are a liberal Democrat, but there is no sane sense in which it represents a centrist voting record.

The Post’s characterization tells us nothing about Feinstein, but a lot about where the Washington Post sits on the political spectrum.

[The New York Times went even further than the Post did in attempting to spin Feinstein as a “conservative.” What does that say about the Gray Lady’s position on the spectrum? — Ed]

2013, @NYTimes:https://t.co/NAxjUZEgU4 pic.twitter.com/sNgNU1K5ex

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) September 29, 2023