Ombudsman Blog: September 20, 2009 - September 26, 2009

Post Editor Ends Tweets as New Guidelines Are Issued

As tweets on Twitter, they’re pretty innocuous. “We can incur all sorts of federal deficits for wars and what not,” read a recent one. “But we have to promise not to increase it by $1 for healthcare reform? Sad.” Then,...

By Andy Alexander  | September 25, 2009; 6:36 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (28)
 
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OK To Break The Law For Cuba Story?

Is it okay to break the law for a story? That question was raised by a Fairfax Station reader who wondered about a Sunday Travel section feature co-authored by Post reporter Emma Brown. She and a friend wrote about touring...

By Andy Alexander  | September 22, 2009; 4:20 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (13)
 
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Newsroom Diversity Should Include Ideology

UPDATED with Sunday column correction at bottom. It’s hardly news that Republicans view traditional media as partial. That came through again in the recently released Pew Research Center national survey, which showed that 60 percent of respondents said news organizations...

By Andy Alexander  | September 21, 2009; 1:39 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (16)
 
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