NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post's new editor Robert Winnett never made it to his job, withdrawing Friday and deciding to stay in England in another...
NEW YORK — The Washington Post 's new editor Robert Winnett never made it to his job, withdrawing Friday and deciding to stay in England in another upheaval at a news outlet where— that questioned whether he followed an ethical compass foreign to American journalists. The Post's CEO and publisher, Will Lewis , announced Winnett's decision in a note to staff, and said a recruitment firm would be immediately hired to search for a replacement.
The New York Times wrote that both Winnett and Lewis were involved in stories that appeared to be based on fraudulently-obtained phone and business records. In a memo to key staff members earlier this week, Bezos assured them that journalistic standards and ethics at the newspaper would not change. “I know you've already heard this from Will, but I wanted to also weigh in directly,” he wrote.
“I think the deal is Will Lewis stays, for now,” former Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan said in a message on X Friday. “Winnett's pre-ouster is the sacrifice/compromise. Was his tenure even less than a single Scaramucci?”
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