One of Washington’s best-known media critics will no longer be published at The Daily Beast, after the site retracted an item in which Howard Kurtz mischaracterized an article by pro basketball player Jason Collins.

Irresponsible metaphor alert! During a press conference President Barack Obama was asked about newly out of the closet NBA player Jason Collins, only someone must have stolen his teleprompter page with approved similes and metaphors.

NBA center, Jason Collins has announced that he is coming out. In a story that will appear in the May 6 Sports Illustrated Collins writes that he will be the first openly gay professional male athlete in a major sport.