Leonard Downie

Retiring Wash Post Editor's Record Stained By Failure on Iraq

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

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Downie's paper stands out as a "complicit enabler." The Post had a tragically poor performance in the run-up to the Iraq war, and Downie has failed (as far as I've seen) to fully admit that.

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Len Downie Resigns: Washington Post Executive Editor To Step Down In September

Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 06.23.2008 | Media

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Leonard Downie Jr. said today he is stepping down as The Washington Post's executive editor, ending a 17-year tenure in which the paper became a major...

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Washington Post To Replace Executive Editor By 2009: Report

New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 05.19.2008 | Media

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There's soul-searching and campaigning going on, a lot of old hands are leaving, and people in Washington wonder who is going to be in charge next yea...

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