Accuracy in Media

The Washington Post confirmed Wednesday that its reader representative, Doug Feaver, has left the paper after less than one year in the job. The Post created the reader representative job after the contract of its ombudsman Patrick Pexton expired, hoping to soften the criticism of the paper’s reporting and editorial operations. Editorial page Editor Fred […]

The Washington Post made it official on Friday that after 43 years it would no longer have an ombudsman to critique the newspaper’s content and answer readers’ questions and complaints. Instead, the Post will employ a reader representative, who will be a staff member—unlike the ombudsman who was a contract employee and independent of the […]

The Washington Post ombudsman used his final Sunday column to address reader complaints that the Post is “pro gay,” and in the process confirmed the inherent liberal bias of reporters at the paper. Pexton started off with an email from a reader that accuses the Post of giving pro-family conservatives the “short shrift.” That comment […]

Current Washington Post ombudsman Patrick Pexton called the newspaper’s potential elimination of his position “shortsighted.” Pexton, whose contract expires at the end of the month, used his column on Sunday to address the possible end to a 43-year old tradition at the Post: It is possible that I’ll be The Washington Post’s last independent ombudsman and […]

The Washington Post, which was one of the first newspapers in the country to appoint an ombudsman, may eliminate the position when current ombudsman Patrick Pexton’s contract expires on March 1st. Fred Hiatt, the Post’s editorial page editor, told Politico that he isn’t exactly a fan of the ombudsman role. We are committed to maintaining […]

Barack Obama is being presented as America’s first gay president by Newsweek, which glorifies his decision to recognize same-sex marriage. The Newsweek cover story will serve a purpose other than generating interest in a magazine that has been losing circulation and advertising revenue if it is viewed as an opportunity to finally discuss the taboo […]

Washington Post ombudsman Patrick Pexton took the newspaper to task on Sunday for not giving the recently resigned blogger Elizabeth Flock more training and support for her job. Flock resigned on April 13 after it came to light that she had plagiarized parts of a Discovery News article on life on Mars in her blog […]

The Washington Post, which didn’t win a Pulitzer Prize this year, acted more like a sore loser than a nationally recognized newspaper when it buried the coverage of this year’s awards in the back of the Style section. In addition, two days later they ran a story criticizing the Pulitzer committee for not awarding a […]

Last week I wrote about the latest round of buyouts at The Washington Post and the potential long-term effects they would have on the newspaper. Yesterday, Post Ombudsman Patrick Pexton weighed in on the buyouts and expressed his concern about the direction of the paper should the paper reach its buyout target. Pexton noted that […]

Patrick Pexton who replaced Andy Alexander as the Washington Post ombudsman penned his first column Friday and started off on a positive note for the newspaper. Pexton  praised the Post’s Egypt coverage and sounded more like another columnist on the op-ed page rather than the critical eye that he is supposed to be. One column […]