In the US, reporters on The Washington Post are investigating their own bosses – and their stories get published. Lewis was once Editor of the Telegraph but shifted into management in the Murdoch empire when the phone-hacking scandal was erupting there. Thanks to that Murdoch connection, Lewis is now turning into an ethical test case for American journalism. It should not be necessary to explain why it is important for journalists to report on things that go wrong in their own industry. ‘Democracy dies in darkness’ is the slogan of The Washington Post, the newspaper’s promise that it will fight to keep the light switched on.

Source: The Times June 21, 2024 14:09 UTC