Erik Wemple, The Washington Post's media critic, strongly criticized the paper's decision to avoid covering its own internal matters, particularly in light of the recent resignation of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes.
The Washington Post 's in-house media critic sharply criticized the paper's new policy to avoid covering itself as the newsroom continues to face turmoil.
Erik Wemple, The Post's resident news industry guru, was flooded with questions from readers during Monday's live chat session about the ongoing drama plaguing the 'Democracy Dies in Darkness' paper, including the recent resignation of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes after her bosses rejected her illustration depicting billionaire Post owner Jeff Bezos groveling to President-elect Donald Trump. Wemple was asked directly why The Post hadn't covered Telnaes' exit from the paper. 'The Post has a long history of warts-and-all coverage of its internal matters. But there has been nothing from the newsrooms media desk about this matter — just an AP story that we posted to our website,' Wemple responded. 'I asked executive editor Matt Murray about the newspaper's evolving approach to its own workplace, and this is the response I got: ‘I did set a policy that broadly we should not cover ourselves. I have always felt that there are too many inherent conflicts of interest for organizations in that. Occasionally it is merited of course, but it is conflict-ridden. Most news orgs have the same or similar policies of course. I set this weeks ago, so there is nothing about it specifically tied to the cartoon.’ WASHINGTON POST IN ‘DISARRAY’ AFTER CARTOONIST QUITS, STAFF EXODUS The media critic personally rejected the policy. 'I couldn't possibly dissent more strongly from that policy,' Wemple reacted. 'The Post's willingness over the years to cover its slip-ups and scandals has helped to set it apart from the many news organizations that refuse to hold themselves to the same rules to which they hold politicians, CEOs, professional athletes, etc. And it's something, I believe, that subscribers have appreciated'
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