But Lewis and his team of spokespeople (he has a personal representative, in addition to those who handle public relations on behalf of the outlet), would have likely been able to contain the mess, if it were to have remained isolated. Unfortunately for Lewis, it did not. Buzbee’s ouster led to the revelation that weeks beforehand Lewis had pressured her to refrain from publishing a story about his alleged involvement in the U.K. phone hacking scandal. At the time of the scandal, which engulfed Rupert Murdoch’s media empire and was revived by a new Prince Harry lawsuit, Lewis was a senior executive at News Corporation, a position that has left an indelible stain on his resume.
Murdoch sewer-meister spewing more garbage at the WaPo.
This is not disappointing. This is not sad. This is not bad. This is outrageous.
My “journalists are respectable, news media are responsible” lemming friend needs to grok this. This is normal. This is destructive. This is going to destroy us all.
It is outrageous as hell that a Fox News exec is new CEO of the Washington Post.
Fox News exec is new CEO of the Washington Post.
Don’t worry, they will still print enough truthful news to keep people believing they are journalists while guiding their audiences to their fascist agenda.
Is this the one Bezos owns?
Mmhmm
Y’all are allergic to reading the article before commenting hu.
I’m allergic to reading :,(
The Washington Post has advocated for a direct US military invasion of Syria multiple times and yet that didn’t impact morale apparently
Why would a guest editorial affect morale? Why was the defeat of ISIS a bad thing? You do realize that the Syrian dictator was the cause of a massive war in Syria, not the USA right? You do realize that Putin sent massive military forces into Syria to keep their naval base right and prop up the dictator right?
Turkey is the country that should have “invaded” Syria, not the USA. They are right on the border and Syria was part of their country less than 100 years earlier. They could have went in and established safe zones for the refuges fleeing the dictator and kicked out ISIS.
It wasn’t A GUEST editorial. It was multiple, plural and it was from the editorial board not a guest. Also this is before ISIS. Also they were on the side of the so-called moderates against Asaad.
Yes I am aware that Asaad is a bad person. Just because the dictator is a bad person doesn’t mean people opposing them are our friends and it also doesn’t mean the US should commit troops. We are not the police department for planet Earth nor should we ever ever be.
Yes I am aware Putin was/is on the side of the Syrian government. Again, that is not a justification (by the treaties the US signed) for an US troop ground invasion.
The Washington Post pushed for the US to illegally invade a country we had no business being in. They pushed for it repeatedly. As I mentioned to my emails to them on the subject, if they want to fight there they should fly over and do it themselves. I am sure their best buddies the “moderates” would love the help.
Oh that’s horrible. During the Arab spring, when Assad was literally levelling Aleppo killing his own population and destroying cultural heritage to booth, some people wanted the US to intervene. How could one ever again work with such inhumane colleagues? /s
Yes very terrible. I wont downplay it.
Now, did the US sign a legally binding document in 1945 that forbid wars of aggression without UN authorization, yes or no?
Watch as this question gets ignored.