Washington Post Defends Not Running Article On Iraq Media Failure - HuffPo

[WillyT]

Washington Post Defends Not Running Article On Iraq Media Failure
Michael Calderone - HuffPo
Posted: 03/24/2013 12:30 pm EDT | Updated: 03/24/2013 12:55 pm EDT

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NEW YORK -- Greg Mitchell, author of a recently updated book on media mistakes during the run-up to the Iraq War, So Wrong For So Long, revealed Saturday night on his blog that the Washington Post's Outlook section had killed an assigned piece related to the press debacle that was slated for publication this weekend.

Mitchell noted that the Outlook section did run what he called a “misleading, cherry-picking” piece by Post media writer Paul Farhi, in which Farhi claims the media didn’t fail during the 2002-2003 rush to war.

The Post’s decision to run Farhi’s piece defending the press, and not Mitchell’s, got a lot of attention Sunday morning on Twitter. It was especially noteworthy given that the paper’s editorial board –- which helped promote the Bush administration’s bogus rationale for invading Iraq -– was silent on last Tuesday’s 10th anniversary of the start of the conflict.

Outlook editor Carlos Lozada told The Huffington Post that the Post didn't run Mitchell's piece because it didn't draw the "broader analytical points or insights" the paper was looking for on the topic of Iraq War mea culpas. (Mitchell has posted his article here: http://gregmitchellwriter.blogspot.com/2013/03/that-piece-killed-by-post.html )

Lozada also said in a statement provided to The Huffington Post that the Post had long planned to run Farhi's piece:

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More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/24/washington-post-iraq-media-failure_n_2944227.html

[Octafish]

1. Greg Mitchell has INTEGRITY.

WaHoPo helped lie America into war.

Mitchel was editor of the industry standard, Editor & Publisher, until it got bought by Carlyle Group. They don't like the truth all that much, either.