The Baltimore Sun’s Mike Dresser reports that the WMATA bus driver accused of violating the agency’s cell phone policy has escaped discipline. WTOP confirmed our story on the driver’s innocence,…
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WTOP Confirms MPW WMATA Story
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WTOP is now confirming what our source told us about the WMATA bus driver cell-phone incident: she was not making a personal call, but was trying to contact management about…
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Is WMATA Management Starting to Crack?
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In the aftermath of the June 22 Red Line accident, WMATA is an understandably tense organization these days. But a recent event gives insight into the growing strains inside the…
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New Purple Line Route Goes Through Columbia
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According to a Maryland Moment post, the Purple Line will now be routed through Columbia. Perhaps they meant to say that the Purple Line will be routed through the grounds…
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Post Runs PR Content as News
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The Post’s Howard Kurtz gives the following account of the newspaper’s decision to run an article from a hospital’s in-house PR magazine as “news.” Why did they do it? The…
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Print MSM to MoCo: Adios!
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So you thought the print mainstream media (MSM) was undergoing changes? Wait until you read this!Washington PostMoCo political reporter Ann Marimow is on maternity leave. We hear that when she…
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Post Ombudsman Covers Dinnergate
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Washington Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander offers a thorough report on the Dinnergate scandal today. He details participation by four newsroom editors in planning the event, none of whom said it…
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DC Madam Lives Again
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This belongs in the category of “Can’t make this stuff up.” We have had a handful of readers access our “Washington Post Readers Erupt Over Dinnergate” post by searching for…
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The Washington Post’s readers are roaring with fury at the newspaper’s Dinnergate scandal. As of this writing, nearly 700 comments have poured into Howard Kurtz’s article on the debacle, more…
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Post Dinnergate Flyer
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Here is the flyer that triggered the Washington Post’s massive Dinnergate scandal.