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I'm just glad Katherine Graham isn't around to see this

July 11, 2009 4:07 pm ET by Eric Boehlert

The Post's ombudsman eviscerates the paper for its colossal "salon" blunder:

The Washington Post's ill-fated plan to sell sponsorships of off-the-record "salons" was an ethical lapse of monumental proportions...The Post's reputation now carries a lasting stain. 

Meanwhile, Marcy Wheeler looks at Post reporter Ceci Connolly's featured role in the newsroom debacle.

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    • Author by steeve (July 12, 2009 10:36 am ET)
         
      How low has the media sunk that even a sentence bashing the media is biased in favor of the media.

      "Now carries a lasting stain"?? How about "after our irrational witch hunts against Clinton and Gore and our subservience to Bush, this latest episode reinforces the fact that nobody should ever buy one of our newspapers."
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      • Author by bilbo_dies (July 12, 2009 5:48 pm ET)
           
        Well, I think you are asking for a little too much there, in the search for truth. Besides, the Post is heading in the same direction as most hard copy media. (down and out)
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        • Author by Limit Corp. Ownership (July 13, 2009 1:25 am ET)
             
          This is pretty amazing...

          The whores, lobbyists and conservatives that run our great country.

          WAPO has been going down hill for some time. This is truly unbelievable.

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