[Zakeet]

Katharine Weymouth informed staff ... that general counsel Eric Lieberman will "review recent events to make sure that our business processes are consistent with, and will not in any way compromise, our journalism."

This is hogwash.

Katharine Bouchage Weymouth is a graduate of Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford Law School. As such, it is logical to assume she knew exactly what she was doing when she planned her money for access party.

Katharine is also Katharine Graham's granddaughter (and namesake). Her family owns the ComPost. As such, like Pinch Sultzberger at the NY Times, she will not face any disciplinary proceedings for her actions.

Finally, the term "compromise our journalism" is meaningless since it presumes there is something of value and some applicable standards of excellence which can, in fact, be compromised.

As a result, I read her whole statement as, "I'm sorry I got caught. Next time, I'll be more careful. But I will never, ever, relinquish the power of my news rag to influence government to adopt my liberal agenda."

[GOPJ]

Katharine Bouchage Weymouth is a graduate of Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford Law School. As such, it is logical to assume she knew exactly what she was doing when she planned her money for access party.

Bernie Madoff and family want to call in a lawyer to find out if stealing other peoples money is ethical or not... they need the issue cleared up before anyone thinks badly of them... ( anyone dumb enough to believe this one - will also believe Weymouth...)

[SeattleBruce]

“As a result, I read her whole statement as, “I’m sorry I got caught. Next time, I’ll be more careful. But I will never, ever, relinquish the power of my news rag to influence government to adopt my liberal agenda.”
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Thank you for clarifying - this is exactly how we need to interpret every, single liberal statement we ever read. We need to get really good at putting our liberal decoder rings on and basically discounting their hogwash to the meaningless drivel it truly is.