Phone Hacking, Stolen Info: New Washington Post Publisher’s Ties to Murdoch Papers Raise Alarm

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We look at the unfolding ethics scandal at The Washington Post that has rocked one of the nation’s leading news outlets and raised questions about its future. The controversy centers on CEO and publisher Will Lewis, who has reportedly pressured journalists inside and outside the newsroom not to run unflattering stories about him. His efforts to reshape the newsroom in the face of steep financial losses have also alarmed staff, and British editor Robert Winnett, Lewis’s pick for a top editorial role, withdrew amid concern over his history of using fraudulently obtained information in newspaper articles. Lewis is also implicated in the long-running U.K. phone hacking scandal. Both Lewis and Winnett are veterans of conservative British papers owned by Rupert Murdoch, and The Guardian recently revealed that Lewis advised then-U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on how to cover his tracks amid public outrage over violations of COVID precautions at the height of the pandemic. “At the most basic level of how journalism should operate, executives in charge of news in the public interest should not be suppressing news. It’s a pretty simple bar, and Will Lewis has failed to clear it,” says Chris Lehmann, D.C. bureau chief for The Nation.
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Yet another example of who are leading our main media outlets these days … shame shame shame

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Amy and democracy now are doing a great job and please keep it up by diclosing the truth and exposing the crooks and the wrongdoings by the criminals in our society.

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It’s the Washington COMPOST. There i fixed it for you.

[@arcanondrum6543]

I'm from the era before Reagan. It definitely wasn't perfect but there were Laws about how much influence one media owner could have. Owning too much media is not only control over what we believe, it is revenue going to just a few people.

[@juliayoung1639]

The top one percent has way too much power. Again the best sources of information are being dumbed down to the lowest common standard.

[@emiliobello2538]

If Steven Spielberg decides to make a sequel to The Post. It should be about this

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From long time this abuse of human right happens and all about Money 💰

[@dharma404_]

What is a society to do when its business and political leaders succumb to self-interest and all of its diabolica entrapments?

[@kasondaleigh]

I’m not surprised and no one else should be either.

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The post RAG

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Damn, now Rupert and Lachlan will be making offers to him. He would fit right in at FOX!

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The Washington Despot.

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Tax all income and wealth above 1,000x the minimum wage at 100%.

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Is it true that Bradley was CIA?

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Great interview.

[@lifeunderthemic]

Good Morning Vietnam 2: The Gov Agenda

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That makes sense

[@Thinkerbell12]

A shame that the rich is interfering everything now.....

[@pogolaugh]

You know you’re doing something horribly unethical when Jeff bezos defends you.

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Why do i keep seeing revealing images of women as avatars saying random sh*t?