Ombudsman Blog: June 14, 2009 - June 20, 2009

Post Axes Froomkin's "White House Watch"

After five and a half years as a regular feature on the Web site, Dan Froomkin’s White House Watch column is being axed. Froomkin was quietly passing the word today that he was told by The Post that his contract...

By Andy Alexander  | June 18, 2009; 4:03 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (873)
 
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What Howard Kurtz Didn't Disclose

In an online chat Monday, Post media columnist Howard Kurtz responded to a reader’s concern that cable news networks had offered too little weekend coverage of the upheaval in Iran. “I know Twitter folks have been all over CNN for...

By Andy Alexander  | June 17, 2009; 4:09 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (14)
 
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Post Plays Catch-Up on AmeriCorps Story

It’s a story with political intrigue. But readers haven’t learned much about it from The Post. Brief summary: President Obama last week announced his intent to dismiss the inspector general for the Corporation for National and Community Service, which runs...

By Andy Alexander  | June 16, 2009; 4:14 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (29)
 
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Sunday's 'Set for Life' Installment: Long, and Not Local

The financial challenges facing The Post mean that space is tight in the newspaper. And its strategic plan calls for producing a product that is “for and about Washington.” With that as a backdrop, several readers wondered about a Sunday...

By Andy Alexander  | June 15, 2009; 4:46 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
 
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