Holy shit: When Will Lewis was newly-hired Publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, he offered NPR media reporter David Folkenflik an exclusive story about the paper's future in exchange for him killing a story about Lewis' involvement in covering up criminal activity at Rupert Murdoch's tabloids.
The Post's new CEO Will Lewis tried to stop the paper from publishing a story about allegations he faces in Britain. It wasn't the first time he's attempted to head off unwanted coverage. I know, beca...
I've been wondering how "deep" Lewis might be in the dark info-wars of who gets what in the media. So far, he sounds no different than some cheap tabloid trash king.
Welcome to UK right-wing paper journalism!
Murdoch alum, how many stories will this guy catch and kill and we'll never know about
I’ve read about normal UK citizens who were hacked & had their lives destroyed by Murdoch’s people & their corruption knows no bounds. When Prince Harry began standing up to him, many of his closest friends also had their lives destroyed as does anyone who stands up to Murdoch in the UK.
Congrats to Dylan Byers for taking the deal and getting the exclusive interview.
Uhhhh No, that's not good at all.
I'm nearly apoplectic. MSM is going the way of GOP: Spew bullshit, deny inconvenient truth.
wait, how many stories has WaPo done on NPR's new CEO?
my first day at my first reporting job, the editor sat me down and explained that mistakes are normal and we try to correct them but that surreptitiously keeping a friend or acquaintance’s name out of the paper was a fireable offense 🔥
Usually when a story gets killed it’ll be in exchange for something better, not a keynote powerpoint