Will Lewis must go. The Washington Post publisher's actions cast doubt on his newsroom's credibility. (PressWatch)

[eppur_se_muova]

By Dan Froomkin -
June 6, 2024 6:42 pm EDT

Washington Post publisher Will Lewis pressured former top editor Sally Buzbee not to run a story about his involvement in a decade-old British phone-hacking scandal, and forced her out after she defied him.

Doing what he did violates a core doctrine of American journalism: that editors and publishers are not supposed to interfere with their own newsrooms’ coverage of issues in which they have a personal conflict of interest.
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And having crossed that line, Lewis should hand in his resignation. Or Post owner Jeff Bezos should fire him.

Lewis reportedly said Buzbee’s decision to run the story over his objections was a “lapse in judgement.” But the lapse was all his.

And it’s a lapse that casts into doubt the credibility of the entire news operation. What other coverage will Lewis interfere with next: News about Amazon, and its owner Jeff Bezos – who gave Lewis his job? News about his former boss, right-wing media titan Rupert Murdoch?
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more: https://presswatchers.org/2024/06/will-lewis-must-go-the-washington-post-publishers-actions-cast-doubt-on-his-newsrooms-credibility/

A story which should generate true outrage. America's two most influential newspapers -- the NYT, formerly the "paper of record", and the WaPo, which brought down a corrupt Nixon White House, are now both corrupted by the influence of the Felonious Candidate and his corporate apologists.

Everything Trump touches dies.

[emulatorloo]

1. Typical Murdoch bully and liar. Kicking for exposure.

[mopinko]

2. i dont think ppl understand how widespread the phone hacking was.

it wasnt just the royals. i think he was hacking american politicians.
then blackmailing them.

personally, i think there’s a whoooole lot of blackmail goin on. everywhere.
i mean, it’s how tsf got everything he didnt inherit or steal. dont forget he had his own ‘modeling agency’. very young and young looking models. if u dont think he passed them around, and blackmailed the takers, i dont think you’re paying close enough attention.
whatever happened to the contents of david pecker’s safe?

ps- this is the obvious explanation for the evangelicals supporting the anti-christ.

[llmart]

5. Was it Pecker's safe or Epstein's?

[SunSeeker]

7. Pecker's safe.

https://www.newsweek.com/what-was-peckers-safe-national-enquirer-publisher-kept-stash-secret-catch-and-1088765

But Epstein had a safe too, which Triump's DOJ got. https://www.newsweek.com/missing-jeffrey-epstein-tapes-fbi-1857766#:~:text=Agents%20found%20a%20safe%20filled,and%20presumably%20his%20clients%20too.

[llmart]

13. I didn't recall the one Pecker had.

Thanks for the link. What a bunch of scum. The dregs of humanity and they all hung together. Birds of a feather and all.

[OMGWTF]

8. Pecker's but there may have been info on Epstein in there.

[SunSeeker]

9. Epstein had a safe full of hard drives and photos. Trump's DOJ seized it.

https://www.newsweek.com/missing-jeffrey-epstein-tapes-fbi-1857766#:~:text=Agents%20found%20a%20safe%20filled,and%20presumably%20his%20clients%20too.

We should be asking what happened to that stuff.

[llmart]

12. That's the one I remembered.

Never saw the light of day, did it?

[lostnfound]

10. I suspect he could blackmail the 'nontakers' as well

I don’t doubt that a lot of illegal and immoral behavior is occurring, and was detected by the phone, hacking
But you don’t even need proof of wrongdoing. In some cases, the appearance of a conflict or the appearance of a scandal is sufficient to bring down careers, destroy reputations and completely distract the target from their chosen careers and activities.

For example, you don't need to distinguish which of Epstein’s associates were breaking laws, which ones were just sleazy, and which ones were subject to guilt by association, even without knowledge of the nature of what Epstein arranged for others.

And we all know that national inquirer under David Pecker had no problem publishing untrue stories.

[Fla Dem]

3. With so many independent newsletters. online news articles, etc,I always check to see who

the author is. What are their credentials and background experience. Here are Dan Frookin's author of this opinion.

Dan Froomkin is the editor of Press Watch, an independent website previously known as White House Watch. He is a former senior writer and Washington editor for The Intercept. Prior to that, he was a writer and editor for The Huffington Post.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Froomkin

Agree with him regarding Will Lewis.

[ConstanceCee]

4. I've Gotten the WP for 43 Years

The book reviews aren't even good now. But I still like the crossword puzzle.

[wolfie001]

6. I just posted something like this in General Discussion and got 8 recs

I posted his wikipedia about the hacking involvement. I started out by saying it was an invasion by Murdoch operatives (in so many words) and they were reading the tea leaves on the future in GB and are coming to America. donald dump will accept them with open arms. I wonder if Murdoch had back channels with putin while the poisonings were being carried out?

[onecaliberal]

11. The times editor saying he doesn't support democracy isn't on the front page.

[wolfie001]

14. This is the Washington Post

Are you talking about the NYT? That paper's even worse. I don't understand your point.