Romenesko

Washington Post | Slate
Former Miami Herald editor Tom Fiedler says news organizations should be a neutral broker among differing interests and that "what the Post was looking to do was to make a profit on the role of the convener. ...The idea of crossing a boundary line that seems to me painted so brightly white, I'm astonished that it got this far." || Jack Shafer: What really stinks is that Katharine Weymouth appears to have considered selling something that wasn't hers to sell -- WP's credibility.
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