The Washington Post concedes bias, considers publication of letter
Friends,
Washington Post ombudsman responds (and shows below it that she forwarded it to main news desk). The CC went to the letters-to-the-editor section and is being considered for publication (see bottom of email).
Michael
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From: Deborah C Howell [mailto:HowellDC@washpost.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: Whatcha think?
I think you make a good point. It should have been attributed. Or worded in
a different way. I have spoken to the editor on this.
Deborah Howell
Washington Post Ombudsman
From: Deborah C Howell
To: Mike Semel/news/TWP@WashPost
10/01/2007 07:36PM
Subject: Whatcha think?
Deborah Howell
Washington Post Ombudsman
Forwarded by Deborah C Howell/visitors/news/TWP on 10/01/2007 07:35 PM
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-----Original Message-----
From: John M White
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 3:24 PM
We are in receipt of your letter to the editor and are considering it for publication.
Please respond to this email with the verifications.
Please provide us, if you haven't already, a day and evening phone number that we can contact you for any questions we may have.
We will need to edit the letter for style and/or space considerations.
The initial edited version is below, please let us know if you have any concerns regarding them.
Further editing may be needed as we approach deadline.
Thank you for the submission,
John
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Dear Editor,
The Sept. 29 Metro article stated that "Va. Muslim Activist Denies Urging Violence" that Esam Omeish "is a fierce critic of Israeli military force against Palestinian civilians in Lebanon.... " But there were no quotation marks around "Israeli military force against Palestinian civilians in Lebanon." It would seem that The Post would have been more accurate by prefacing that Omeish is a fierce critic in "what he believes is ... ." By not using this preface and by not using quotation marks, the Post indicating that the comment is what the Post believes as true. But where is this Israeli force in Lebanon going on against Palestinian civilians other than in the Palestinian narrative?
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John M. White
The Washington Post
Editorial Department
