“Journalism,” Phil Graham famously said, “is the first rough draft of history.” Over at the Washington Post, once owned by the Graham family, history is indeed being made. On June 2, 2024, the Washington Post announced that its top editor for the past few years, Sally Buzbee, would be leaving, as she has overseen a period when America’s second-most storied newspaper has lost hundreds of millions of dollars. Matt Murray, who previously led the Wall Street Journal, was announced as the interim executive editor. Robert Winnett, formerly with the U.K.’s Telegraph, was initially announced as Murray’s successor, but withdrew after Post staffers, led by the newspaper’s foreign desk, launched a whispering campaign against him.
(Read the rest of CAMERA’s June 14, 2024 essay at the Washington Examiner)