http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/wapo/ en-us Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:57:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409728/posts I'd like to thank Eugene Robinson for highlighting Alaska's achievements on climate change ["Palin's own 'Climate- gate,' " op-ed, Dec. 15] and for noting that I've "treated the issue as serious, complex, and worthy of urgent attention," while making "any number of pragmatic, reasonable, smart decisions as governor." But he's wrong to suggest that my views have somehow changed or that now I'll have to "renounce" my past efforts. Continues.... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409728/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:57:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400963/posts <p>The Washington Post put ClimateGate on the front page, top left in Saturday’s edition. It’s also the top story at washingtonpost.com. The headline is "In e-mails, science of warming is hot debate." The website summary: "E-mails stolen from British research center show climate-change leaders noting flaws in their own data and seemingly scheming to muzzle critics."</p> NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400963/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 15:05:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394070/posts The Washington Post is closing its remaining U.S. news bureaus in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, but will retain the six reporters from those bureaus and recall them to Washington. The paper's spokesperson, Kris Coratti, confirmed the closures Tuesday. Three news aides, one per each bureau, will be cut. "These changes are part of The Post's long-term strategy to focus our resources on covering Washington as a place to live and its impact on the nation and the world," Coratti wrote in an email to TheWrap. "The Post will continue to cover national news of interest to our core... The Wrap http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394070/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:11:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393802/posts According to an informed source, the Washington Post will soon announce that it will close its news bureaus in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, as part of a cost-saving measure. It's unclear just when the closings will take place; however, the source says that the Post will not be laying off correspondents in those bureaus, but rather will be bringing them back to the mother ship, the better to focus on the Post's core mission of reporting on Washington. More to come. UPDATE, 5:03 P.M.: Memo from management---though correspondents are spared the ax, three news aides will lose their... Washington City Paper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393802/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:58:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392240/posts (To be clear, that is a relatively low bar. Republicans went into the political wilderness in a major way following Bush's re-election as he grew increasingly less popular and it became increasingly more clear that the party was either unable or unwilling to break with the chief executive in any major way. Polls suggest that the Republican brand remains badly damaged in the eyes of the American public with most people still trusting Obama far more than Republicans in Congress to solve the major issues of the day.) With 2010 right around the corner, there is significant movement in this... WaPO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392240/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:33:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390909/posts Multiple sources are reporting that several employees at washingtonpost.com are losing their jobs as part of the merger of the site with the main Washington Post newsroom. Several of dot-com's editorial staffers as well as some non-editorial workers are among those who've gotten the ax, according to the sources. City Desk is not printing names just yet. We've contacted several allegedly dismissed employees but have not yet received direct confirmation from them. When asked if the Web site has laid off employees, Washington Post spokesperson Kris Coratti responded with this statement: "As part of the work we’re doing to turn... Washington City Paper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390909/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:35:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379172/posts In an RV swing through Northern Virginia in late August, there wasn't really time for Robert F. McDonnell, the Republican candidate for governor, to stop in West Springfield. But an urgent memo awaited from his senior advisers in Richmond...A 20-year-old academic thesis -- in which McDonnell had presented a deeply conservative vision of government and criticized working women, single mothers and homosexuals -- had surfaced. McDonnell needed to sign off on the campaign's response, and then he needed to race to a rally...That moment brought the greatest test of McDonnell's disciplined campaign. Would he be able to maintain his focus... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379172/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:46:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367241/posts The Post and Our Community - A Journalistic Commitment Eugene Meyer, who bought The Post in 1933, had a vision of what makes a newspaper truly great, and that vision included serving the public according to seven principles: The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367241/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:46:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367164/posts Never assume the public option is dead. The headline is like a splash of cold water for people who think the public option might be dead and for those campaigning against government insurance. From the WaPo: A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that support for a government-run health-care plan to compete with private insurers has rebounded from its summertime lows and wins clear majority support from the public. http://www.radioviceonline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367164/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:39:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364803/posts The NYT is calling Marcus Brauchli, the executive editor of the Washington Post, a liar. The NYT has reported this morning -- in a brief, buried "postscript" in the corrections column -- that it now has evidence that Brauchli lied last July when he told the NYT that he didn't know the paper's controversial corporate-sponsored dinner parties would be off-the-record. The NYT doesn't state flatly that Brauchli lied. But the juxtaposition of the two Brauchli statements in the postscript make clear the NYT's position that he misrepresented the truth in interviews with the NYT. [UPDATE: In an email to The... The NYTPicker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364803/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:14:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341395/posts I thank the Fates every day that my greatest professional mistakes came when nobody was watching. This morning, as her newspaper reported the spiking of a piece of the sort she had bad-mouthed, Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth must be wishing that the Fates had been as kind to her. Earlier this summer, Weymouth got in Dutch when a Post plan to sell off-the-record access to reporters and government officials at "salons" at Weymouth's home was made public by Politico. Weymouth and Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli quickly canceled the events after much confusion over whether the paper had put... Slate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341395/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:03:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340092/posts Obviously, the "main stream" media are hard of hearing and seeing. About 2 million mad-as-hell taxpayers assembling in Washington, D.C. for the largest-ever (most well-behaved ever, most respectful ever) protest did not make it onto their radar screens (or our TV screens). They need our help. Maybe we cannot repeat an assembly of 2 million mad-as-hell taxpaying patriots in one place, but surely those who longed to go and couldn't would love to be a part of Operation "Can You Hear Us Now?" I'll bet for every one patriot who went to D.C. there are 10-20 more who wished they... Website - OperationCanYouHearUsNow.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340092/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:18:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2338423/posts Dear Newsweek, I have subscribed to your publication for 21 years, subscriber number #########, and have decided to allow my subscription to end as scheduled December 13, 2010. As can be told from both the length of my subscription and expiration date I have renewed early and often. However I can no longer welcome a magazine so contrary to my personal and family views into my home on an ongoing basis. First it was having to digest your skewed polls with MSNBC, fine, everyone needs a media partner and having sold television advertising for the better part of my professional... Free Republic Bloggers and Personal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2338423/posts#comment Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:37:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337986/posts The marketing executive at the center of The Washington Post’s discredited plan to charge power-brokers for private dinners with the paper’s publisher and journalists has resigned from The Post, the paper disclosed on Friday. The Post had sent fliers to lobbyists and trade groups, inviting them to pay $25,000 or more to sponsor salons at the home of Katharine Weymouth, the publisher — off-the-record dinners with reporters, editors and government officials. The plan became public in July, drawing sharp criticism from journalists in and out of the paper, and The Post quickly dropped it. NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337986/posts#comment Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:19:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337545/posts The marketing executive at the center of a controversial series of Washington Post-sponsored dinner "salons" has resigned from the newspaper some 10 weeks after the events were canceled, The Post said Friday. Charles Pelton, who had helped organize and promote the monthly dinners as The Post's newly hired general manager of events and conferences, made no mention of the controversy in his resignation letter to Post President Stephen P. Hills. Instead, Pelton wrote, "Given the current circumstances with regard to the resources needed to launch [an events business], my family and I have decided not to relocate to Washington, D.C.,"... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337545/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:36:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329201/posts Bob McDonnell, the Republican nominee for governor in Virginia, defended himself Monday after the Washington Post reported that his 1989 master’s degree thesis advocated a number of controversial, socially conservative positions. The Post reported Sunday that he described working women and feminists as "detrimental" to the family and said government policy should favor married couples over "cohabitators, homosexuals or fornicators." McDonnell said repeatedly on a conference call with reporters that his views on many social issues have changed since he wrote the thesis, and blamed his Democratic opponent, state Sen. Creigh Deeds, for making polarizing social issues a “central issue... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329201/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 05:34:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312695/posts Democratic politicians and the MSM consider it a given that concerns about the "end-of-life counseling" provision in Section 1233 of a House-drafted version of health care legislation are but the unfounded product of right-wing fear mongering. But Charles Lane of the Washington Post, certainly no right-winger, has taken a careful look at Section 1233 and finds that he too is concerned. Lane argues that the "consultations" provided for in Section 1233, while not mandatory, are not "purely voluntary" either as the Democrats have claimed. Thus, he writes "Section 1233 lets doctors initiate the chat and gives them an incentive --... PowerLine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312695/posts#comment Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:34:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290998/posts The Washington Post's ill-fated plan to sell sponsorships of off-the-record "salons" was an ethical lapse of monumental proportions. Publisher Katharine Weymouth and Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli have now taken full responsibility for what was envisioned as a series of 11 intimate dinners to discuss public policy issues. For a fee of up to $25,000, underwriters were guaranteed a seat at the table with lawmakers, administration officials, think tank experts, business leaders and the heads of associations. Promotional materials said Weymouth, Brauchli and at least one Post reporter would serve as "Hosts and Discussion Leaders" for an evening of spirited but... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290998/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:59:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292472/posts My, my, my. In what is without a doubt the best foot stomping, squealing, hold-your-breath-until-you-turn-purple fit I’ve seen in quite some time, and it’s all because Sarah Palin had the gall to write an op-ed and that the Washington Post had the nerve to publish it. But to set the record straight someone named Art Brodsky, a writer at the Huffington Post is letting us know that, gosh darnit, Sarah Palin just doesn’t have the right to publish that opinion piece in the Washington Post. Here are just some of the samples of his hissy fit: It’s not simply that... kxnet.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292472/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:29:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290565/posts The Washington Post's ill-fated plan to sell sponsorships of off-the-record "salons" was an ethical lapse of monumental proportions. Publisher Katharine Weymouth and Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli have now taken full responsibility for what was envisioned as a series of 11 intimate dinners to discuss public policy issues. For a fee of up to $25,000, underwriters were guaranteed a seat at the table with lawmakers, administration officials, think tank experts, business leaders and the heads of associations. Promotional materials said Weymouth, Brauchli and at least one Post reporter would serve as "Hosts and Discussion Leaders" for an evening of spirited but... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290565/posts#comment Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:56:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287887/posts BEFORE Sarah Palin stepped on the story, the talk of the Belt way was Salongate at The Washington Post. The venerable newspaper hatched a scheme whereby it would hold a series of "salons" at the home of publisher Katharine Weymouth in order to sell lobbyists and corporations access to Obama administration officials and the Post reporters and editors who cover them. "Bring your organization's CEO or executive director literally to the table," read a flier for the first event. "Interact with key Obama administration and congressional leaders . . . Spirited? Yes. Confrontational? No. The relaxed setting in the home... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287887/posts#comment Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:08:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285824/posts I want to apologize for a planned new venture that went off track and for any cause we may have given you to doubt our independence and integrity. A flier distributed last week suggested that we were selling access to power brokers in Washington through dinners that were to take place at my home. The flier was not approved by me or newsroom editors, and it did not accurately reflect what we had in mind. But let me be clear: The flier was not the only problem. Our mistake was to suggest that we would hold and participate in an... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285824/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 10:11:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285335/posts Katharine Weymouth, the relatively new publisher of The Washington Post, is a lawyer who worked for the company for 12 years and was educated at the Harvard School of Business, so she is hardly a naïf in running a business. But she has never worked in a newsroom, a gap in her résumé that may have contributed to her current problems. As first reported in Politico, The Washington Post had sent out a brochure offering sponsorships — a fee of $25,000 for one, or $250,000 for an entire series — for an exclusive “Washington Post salon” at Ms. Weymouth’s home... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285335/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 10:38:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285206/posts WaPo cancels lobbyist eventBy: Mike Allen and Michael Calderone July 2, 2009 08:04 AM EST Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth said today she was canceling plans for an exclusive "salon" at her home where for as much as $250,000, the Post offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record access to "those powerful few" — Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and even the paper’s own reporters and editors. The astonishing offer was detailed in a flier circulated Wednesday to a health care lobbyist, who provided it to a reporter because the lobbyist said he felt it was a conflict for... politico.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285206/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 01:29:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284203/posts It was fast. Very fast. At 8.04am, Politico's Mike Allen publishes an article: "For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post is offering lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to "those powerful few" -- Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and the paper's own reporters and editors." At 10.33am, Washington Post editor Marcus Brauchli sends out an email: The Atlantic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284203/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:49:16 GMT