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Back around Thanksgiving time, we looked at some groundbreaking reporting from the Washington Free Beacon where they exposed some less than media-neutral activities by one member of the press. Janell Ross, a political reporter for the Washington Post, was found to have participated in a highly secretive, big dollar fundraising and strategy conference for the Democrats. To be clear, Ross was not there reporting on the conference as part of her job. She wrote no articles about it and the WaPo said they didn’t even know that she had gone. She was a participant in the event, even sitting in...

The Washington Post has put one of its reporters on leave after she attended a private gathering of liberal donors and Democratic lawmakers in November, according to a Thursday CNN report. Janell Ross, a reporter on the Post's national desk, faced scrutiny last year after it was revealed that she participated in the private meeting attended by prominent Democratic figures, including billionaire financier and political donor George Soros. According to CNN, Ross is unlikely to return to the Post. The event in question was held in California in November and hosted by Democracy Alliance, a progressive donor network. During that...