As everyone in Washington, DC knows, the Washington Post is in free fall to the crapper, thanks to, well, thanks to a lot of things, but the gleaming, glistening cherry on top of this sundae o’ disaster is the stunning ethical incompetence of publisher Katy Weymouth and editorial page director Fred Hewitt, whose multitudinous shortcomings…
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Katy Weymouth gets her arms and legs caught in a wringer
Poor Katy Weymouth! She just can’t wreck the Post fast enough, can she? I previously pissed on Katy’s parade here, here, and here, when she attempted to turn her home into a house of journalistic prostitution. Now she’s at it again, telling a reporter that his inspiring tale of a woman who had both arms…
Pimp my mansion—the continuing saga of Katy Weymouth
Is Wash Post publisher Katy Weymouth that much worse than the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, and the Atlantic Monthly, not to mention the New Yorker? All Katy wanted to do was rent out her fancy mansion, her paper, and herself to corporate lobbyists anxious to meet government movers and shakers. In a fascinating follow-up…
Katy Weymouth puts tit in wringer and turns the handle, hard
The Washington Post just committed suicide today. Unfortunately, the Post isn’t quite yet aware of that fact. Former Post reporter Mike Allen, now at Politico, is the messenger, informing us of one DC’s most remarkable invites: “Underwriting Opportunity: An evening with the right people can alter the debate,” says the one-page flier. “Underwrite and participate…
A Trump victory in November will usher in a period of overt lawlessness at the national level without parallel in our history
As you may have heard, Amazon Chief and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has decided to pull an Elon Musk and grab ankles for the pleasure of his all-conquering Jefe, El Donaldo, even before Trump is in the White House. Because after Trump is in the White House, he’s going to remember, all too well,…
Bob Dole and Fred Hiatt: When pretty good men do pretty bad things.
Speaking ill of the dead? That’s what Literature R Us is all about! At least some of the time. Both former Senator Robert Dole (R-Kansas) and Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt are recently deceased and are the recipients, appropriately enough, of numerous well-deserved encomia, here for Bob and here for Fred. But I’m…
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Articles of Lasting Interest: Jazz: I post a jazz video every week, usually but not necessarily featuring a performance of a composition of Thelonious Monk. These videos can be accessed as a group here. “Harvard douchebaggery not exclusively a left-wing phenomenon, study reveals” is an unfriendly take on Harvard Professor Robert Barro’s disingenuous claim that…
“Unfortunate”? Well, if by “unfortunate” you mean “utterly preposterous, verging on conscious deceit,” yeah, I’d say “unfortunate”!
New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan has been on vacation, but now’s she back, with plenty to say about this and that, including the recent NYT profile of Washington Post editor Katy Weymouth. Maggie quotes Times reader (and former Newsweek editor) Ed Kosner as wondering “how The Times managed to publish a bouquet to…
The Grahams: Lest we forget
As the Graham family “stewardship” of the Washington Post fades into the sunset, it’s worth recalling a few things—more than a few, actually, before Jeff Bezos, aka the $25 billion man, takes over . The Post first made its modern reputation as an ass-kicking defender of the public’s right to know by publishing the “Pentagon…
Katy to Jill: I don’t need no lousy, stinkin’ mouth to mouth!
No, she doesn’t, not when the Graham family is sitting on the $250 million Jeff Bezos has ponied up to buy the venerable Washington Post. How long Katy will remain as publisher of the Post is undetermined—my guess is, not very long. She got the job exclusively on family ties and her tenure has been…