Robert Winnett, the ethically compromised "Journalist" who was selected by Washington Post CEO and Publisher, ethically compromised "Journalist" Will Lewis to be the executive editor, has decided not to take the position, and to remain inn London at The Daily Telegraph.
Hopefully, Lewis and the final member of Lewis' troika Matt Murray, will be out shortly as well:
Robert Winnett, the British journalist recently tapped to become editor of The Washington Post later this year, will not take the job and will remain at the Daily Telegraph in London, according to a company email sent to Post employees Friday morning.
The change of plans comes after days of turmoil surrounding The Post, triggered by the abrupt exit of executive editor Sally Buzbee on June 2 and questions about past journalistic practices of both Winnett and William Lewis, The Post’s CEO and publisher.
Lewis had announced Winnett’s hiring when Buzbee departed just 2½ weeks ago, along with plans for a “third newsroom” that would be tasked with attracting new audiences. Under the plan, former Wall Street Journal editor Matt Murray came on board to run news coverage until Winnett’s arrival, at which point Murray would have handed the reins to Winnett and run the new division in November after the election.
Murray took over June 3 and was introduced to the newsroom; Winnett, who oversees news coverage at the Telegraph as a deputy editor, had not yet met The Post staff and was almost entirely unknown in American media circles.
What is going on here is very simple: Jeff Bezos is trying to re-imagine the Washington Post in his own image.
Unfortunately, that means turning it into an Amazon "Fulfillment Center".
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