Newly named Washington Post editor decides not to take job after backlash
- Robert Winnett has withdrawn from the Editor position at The Washington Post, as announced by Will Lewis, the paper's publisher and chief executive.
- Winnett will no longer join The Washington Post due to ethical concerns raised in a publication revealing his past use of materials from a self-proclaimed "thief."
- The decision for Winnett to withdraw followed a detailed expose by The Washington Post on his past journalistic practices.
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Robert Winnett will not Join The Post as Editor
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.
WASHINGTON.- Robert Winnett, el periodista británico recientemente seleccionado para convertirse en editor de The Washington Post a finales de este año, no asumirá el cargo y permanecerá en The Daily Telegraph en Londres, según un memo obtenido por The Post este viernes.“Me complace informar que Rob Winnett ha decidido quedarse con nosotros”, escribió el editor de The Telegraph, Chris Evans, en un memo al personal. “Como todos saben, es un tipo …
Newly named Washington Post editor decides not to take job after backlash, will stay in Britain
The Washington Post says that Robert Winnett, who had been named to take over the organization's core newsroom functions later this year, will not take the job after all. The newspaper has been in turmoil since publisher and CEO Will…
Washington Post will not bring in Robert Winnett as its top editor after report raised ethical questions
By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The Washington Post said Friday that Robert Winnett, the British journalist who had been slated to take over as the newspaper’s top editor, will no longer join the publication that has been ensnared in a weeks-long crisis over ethics questions. “It is with regret that I share with you that Robert Winnett has withdrawn from the position of Editor at The Washington Post,” Will Lewis, The Post’s embattled publisher and …
British journalist Robert Winnett will not be the executive editor of The Washington Post, the news was confirmed by the medium's editor, Will Lewis, through a memo early Friday morning. "I regret to inform you that Robert Winnett has withdrawn from the position of editor of The Washington Post. Rob has my highest respect and is an incredibly talented editor and journalist. The leaders of The Telegraph Media Group are reaffirming his continued r…
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