The Washington Post fires its best columnist. Why? »
Posted By tehranchik 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Political NewsNotably, Froomkin just recently had a somewhat acrimonious exchange with the oh-so-oppressed Krauthammer over torture, after Froomkin criticized Krauthammer's explicit endorsement of torture and Krauthammer responded by calling Froomkin's criticisms "stupid." And now -- weeks later -- Froomkin is fired by the Post while the persecuted Krauthammer, comparing himself to endangered journalists in Venezuela, remains at the Post, along with countless others there who think and write just like he does: i.e., standard neoconservative pablum. Froomkin was previously criticized for being "highly opinionated and liberal" by Post ombudsman Deborah Howell (even as she refused to criticize blatant right-wing journalists).
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tehranchik5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Here is Froomkin's statement:
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I’m terribly disappointed. I was told that it had been determined that my White House Watch blog wasn’t "working" anymore. But from what I could tell, it was still working very well. I also thought White House Watch was a great fit with The Washington Post brand, and what its readers reasonably expect from the Post online.
As I’ve written elsewhere, I think that the future success of our business depends on journalists enthusiastically pursuing accountability and calling it like they see it. That’s what I tried to do every day. Now I guess I'll have to try to do it someplace else.-
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tehranchik5 months, 2 weeks ago
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This was written by Froomkin a couple years ago. Also recommended by Greenwald.
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hyperbola5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Is there anyone left who does not know that the Washington Post is a zionist rag?
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Remember how enthusiastic they were about bushie protecting zionism with a war in Iraq?
Remember how often they publish an ultra-zionist, israel-first psychologist from Brooklyn who was neither born nor educated in the US, but tells Americans what they MUST do regularly (Krauthammer).
Froomkin was an embarrassment now that the Obama-zionists are running the show.
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CHAM5 months, 2 weeks ago
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And the major paper media wonder why they are tottering on the brink of going the Dinosaur route.
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Those writers who practice moral, ethical, and honest reporting will soon discover the fallacy of "Freedom of the Press".
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tdrapeau5 months, 2 weeks ago
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One of the great things about the internet right now, with mainstream news still (mostly) free to read and tools to combine/blend/aggregate news improving every day, is that we consumers can simply choose to follow the writers we like, disregarding the brand they write for. I doubt this move is going to endanger Froomkin's real audience, they'll just move to read him where he lands.
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PanamaLaw5 months, 2 weeks ago
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Journalism is already dying. However, there needs to be a final break with these newspapers for real change to occur. They no longer hold this exclusivity over the news or editorials. This guy is in the perfect position to start a movement. Hope he does it. Good find!
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Beau78905 months, 2 weeks ago
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This one has some excellent comments from the gallery on this story:
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fempatriot5 months, 1 week ago
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We are as occupied by Israel as Gaza and the West Bank. Our TV channels, our newspapers are taken over by Zionists; so is the movie business, and the book publishing industry. The American people (often called sheeple) are like mushrooms: kept in the dark and fed a daily ration of s-h-i-t. Of course there is no place on the Post for someone who might disagree with the Zionist agenda or its agents. Or even someone who just might make us _think_. While we worry about the governments of Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran--we're in the saddest shape of all. And the American public is too dumbed down to realize it.
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