Obama is only one person.

WAPO, along with the NYT, is the propaganda organ for the entire left wing, which the Dem party has become.

If you always need to explain that fine distinction re: Rubin, you are failing the public.  It's like splitting hairs.

She's WAPO, and runs around with that label, saying what she does, sometimes making up stuff.  The public sees her as a WAPO journalist.

Multiple this many times, and you have a public that is suspicious of the media.