Post media writer Howard Kurtz noted his opposition to the Post sponsorship in an online chat with readers today. "I wish The Washington Post were not co-sponsoring this event. It is an operation by the Pentagon -- a place that we devote substantial resources to covering -- and therefore subject to all kinds of interpretations," he said in response to a reader question. "It is not the same, in my view, as the corporate side of The Post handing out awards to the best teachers or other kinds of nonpartisan civic activities."You haven't heard the last of this story.
Monday, August 15, 2005
Howard Kurtz speaks out against the Washington Post
Editor and Publisher carries more of the controversy over at the Washington Post concerning their sponsorship of the Sept.11 memorial walk: