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But here is something I do believe, which may go to the Doe Eye post: The Washington Post can surely fire any non-union employee it wants, for any reason or no reason, and their motives for firing could include, I would guess, public statements of its non-union employees.

However, it seems to me those public statements of a new employee should have been part of the interview process if they were so easily found by others so quickly.

And what I think the Washington Post had on its mind, more than doing its job in the interview and hiring process, was this: Its own bottom line.

That newspaper seems to me it was so eager to say: Hey, everyone, look at us! A newspaper with a YOUNG blogger on board! We're hip! We're cool! OTHER NEWSPAPERS MAY BE AT DEATH'S DOOR -- BUT NOT US! WE'RE THE TALK OF THE BLOGOSHPERE NOW!

In a way, it's the same motivation and overzealous attitude that led Arianna Huffington to recently get George Clooney on her blog even though she didn't actually get him to blog.

The Washington Post seems to have tossed out its usual procedures to get this young kid, too.

Maybe next time the Washington Post will spend more time looking at what is already out there before they hire. And if it doesn't matter, then tell people at the onset: We read this kid's college writings, and concluded he made some mistakes, but, he's now a political blogger and we're going to see where this new road goes.

But the Washington Post did not think to do that. The blogosphere did all the background checking that adults employed by the Post didn't. And, of course, as is characteristic of the blogosphere, added their own comments.

Maybe some of those comments were correct. But maybe not.

Also see: Blogger Ben Domenech Strikes Back; Calls Post Editors 'Fools'

He's not a young kid, summer. He's 24, and has worked as a Bush administrator staffer and an editor at a publishing company.