by Sydney Smith on Jun 30, 2012
WaPo Won’t Retract Mitt Romney Article, 2nd Article Romney Campaign Claims is Totally Wrong
Mitt Romney's campaign has again challenged the Washington Post's reporting on Romney, and the Post has again stood by its...
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by Sydney Smith on Jun 26, 2012
WaPo Ombuds Dismisses Complaints by Mitt Romney Campaign
Mitt Romney's presidential election campaign outlined a series of complaints about the Washington Post's reporting, the newspaper's ombudsman reported June...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 04, 2012
WaPo Fixes Factual Error Online, but Posts No Correction?
The Washington Post admitted an error to a reader, changed the story to fix the error, but posted no correction...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 22, 2012
WaPo Public Editor Weighs in on Elizabeth Flock Resignation, Aggregation Blogging
The Washington Post's public editor Patrick Pexton weighed in on the recent resignation of Washington Post blogger Elizabeth Flock. As...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 19, 2012
WaPo’s Elizabeth Flock Resigns, Editor’s Note Later Published Suggests Plagiarism in Story
The Washington Post's Elizabeth Flock resigned April 13, Poynter's Andrew Beaujon reported. Beaujon noted that Flock said she left to...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 17, 2012
WaPo explains Why it Ran Photo of Man on Fire
Before publishing a photograph of "a Tibetan exile who set himself afire in New Delhi to protest Chinese rule in...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 25, 2012
WaPo Humor Columnist Apologizes for Error after Rush Limbaugh calls Out, Public Editor Calls Limbaugh’s Criticism ‘Rude’
Washington Post humor columnist Alexandra Petri apologized to Rush Limbaugh for her March 7 column about advertisers on Limbaugh's shows,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 11, 2012
WaPo Public Editor Advises Staff on Responding to Reader Concerns
The Washington Post's public editor Patrick Pexton called on the Post's staff to be more responsive and polite to readers...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 27, 2012
WaPo Corrects Story on Nat’l Enquirer’s Whitney Houston Coffin Photo
The Washington Post's Erik Wemple corrected his story "National Enquirer has done far worse" about the National Enquirer's publication of...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 25, 2012
WaPo Ran Q&A with Chinese VP provided by Chinese Govt, WaPo Public Editor Says
Washington Post public editor Patrick Pexton criticized the newspaper for publishing what he called essentially a "press release or propaganda"...