Posts tagged as Washington Post
'Washington Post' to Shutter Nine Local Bureaus
A sad day at The Washington Post, with the news that we're closing all of our local bureaus except Richmond and Annapolis.
First they came for... etc.
In late 2009, the Washington Post closed its last U.S. bureaus outside of the D.C. area, including Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. (It also closed bureaus in Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro and Berlin.) But what of its 11 D.C.-area bureaus? Now there will be two.
Resume Bias and Plagiarism
Yesterday, when the Washington Post published a terrible and vague Editor's Note about plagiarism, I looked up the articles that they seemed to be referencing as plagiarized. (Here and here.) And then I discounted them, because of resume bias, and went looking for similar stories in the paper from someone more junior or more obviously inexperienced. After all, the reporter, Sari Horwitz, has been with the paper nearly 30 years. She is a two-time Pulitzer winner. She has a Master's from Oxford! READ MORE
'Washington Post' Brutally Attacked By Ad!
We live in an amazing time for web advertising!
Previously: Ad Obliterates 'New Yorker' Website.
The Intelligence Edifice: Too Big To Succeed
A tantalizing Twitter from @Wikileaks went up on Saturday morning: "Real change begins Monday in the WashPost. By the years end, a reformation. Lights on. Rats out." READ MORE
The Day the 'Washington Post' Fronted 14 McChrystal Stories at Once
Number of stories on the front page of the Washington Post about General McChrystal at 1:30 p.m.: FOURTEEN. (Still: Politico had FIFTEEN.) READ MORE
Easter Peep Show Contest: A Total Robbery!
The 4th annual Washington Post Peeps Diorama Contest was won by a clever take on the movie Up-but the winner should clearly have been entry #33, a genius Peep reenactment of the infamous D.C. snowball fight that ended with a police officer drawing a gun.
Photo Of Committed Couple Expressing Affection Sickens Readers
27 people canceled their subscriptions to the Washington Post when the paper ran this picture on its front page with a story about same-sex marriages licenses being issued in DC. The Post ombudsman describes the complaints he's received, which include the usual homophobic rants and the more measured "This disturbs me and it should be buried" reactions. And, as happens EVERY SINGLE TIME a homosexual couple is shown doing something so perfectly pedestrian that it would be completely unremarkable if its subjects were straight, there was this: "I would appreciate it if your cover pictures would not be so disturbing where my kids can see it easily on the kitchen table... please don't shove this 'Gay' business in our face." I suppose we should applaud the complainant for eschewing the more commonplace "ram it down our throats," but can't they find a new way to proclaim their displeasure? I am sick and tired of having these ignorant expressions of disgust jammed up my ass.
Sally Quinn Column Undone
We hear it's "99% done" that Sally Quinn's Washington Post column is also done. Update: Ouch. Quinn's been moved to "online columnist" (welcome, dear!) and will mostly be about White People Jesus and tables, or something?
WaPo News and Mag Divisions Report Massive Losses; Revenue Plummets
You may have noticed some very glowing stories this morning about the Washington Post Company! The AP says: "Washington Post Co. quadruples 4Q profit"! That is true! Now, this is a company with many different arms. Two of the wings, the cable TV stations and the Kaplan education services, provide fully 75% of the company's income. But what about the newspapers and magazines, you ask, from which the company takes its name? Well they are in the toilet, actually, and had a very bad year. READ MORE

