Washington Post Publisher and CEO William Lewis is drawing scrutiny after press reports described him as attempting to dissuade journalists — including those at The Post — from covering his involvement in a long-running British phone-hacking lawsuit. The Post published its story, but Buzbee was concerned about the tenor of their exchange. Ongoing litigation alleges that some of Murdoch’s executives, including Lewis, were involved in concealing evidence in the case from police. After the first press accounts of Lewis’s interactions with journalists over the phone-hacking case emerged, Murray affirmed that Post reporters should cover the matter. In his first meeting with staffers in November, he cited former Post publisher Don Graham’s advice: that publishers should support editors and be in constant communication, because “there should never be any surprises.”

Source: Washington Post June 07, 2024 14:11 UTC