Dave Weigel and the Washington Post: A case of false pretenses?

By: James Richardson (Diary)  |  June 25th at 06:33 PM  | 

When the Washington Post hired bloggers Greg Sargent and Ezra Klein, it appeared the paper was inclined to invest heavily in its web presence — and prepared to shift its online editorial slant further leftward. To offset what many saw as a disproportionate coverage of Democratic politics, the paper announced months later it had hired Dave Weigel to cover Republican intra-party politics. Sargent, whose muckraking | Read More »