Uproar at the Washington Post

We wish the paper luck as it tries to find its footing while democracy plunges ahead.

AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file
The offices of the Washington Post in 2019. AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file

Democracy may die in darkness, but newspapers tend to die in broad daylight. Whether or not things will get that far at the Washington Post, it’s astounding to see it work itself into a lather over its decision to hire from Fleet Street an editor and a publisher who allegedly published facts based on stolen records. The uproar reached such a state that the editor, Robert Winnett, decided to stay put at London. The fate of publisher Will Lewis looks uncertain. 

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