The former executive editor len downie was in the newsroom as Katharine Grahams granddaughter announced jeff bezos, the founder of amazon, wasas buying the paper. She read a statement in which she made clear he strongngly subscribes to the journalistic values of the Washington Post. Lets take off the pundit hats. Give me your personal reaction. Lois, you wrote a fine piece for politico. Thank you. My first reaction was shock. I was home, working. I got in the car, and went back to the office. It was a little bit of sadness, and then i thought maybe this is a od thing. Maybehave tried everything. The model needs to be blown up and ybe jeff bezos will bring a fresh eye. Colby, who would have thought the grahams would give up the newspaper . I was the last person to think that. This is the second time the Washington Post rocked my world the first timime was in marc, 1954, when i reported to duty to deliver theewspaper and saw the times herald had been shockers one was a because of the pre
What do you think of when you see a tree . A treatment for cancer . Alternative fuel for our cars . Do you think of hope for the environment, food, clothing, shelter . We do. Early night is. Growing ideas. The grahams are like an institution in washington. It was an absolute shock. This week on inside washington the shocker, the Washington Post sold. Another victim of the changing media universe. I do not subscribe to anything anymore. I Read Everything online. President obama cancels a summit with Vladimir Putin. There have been times they slide back into cold war thinking. A Terror Threat closes u. S. Embassies. This group is fairly ingenious, bold and eager to cause damage. The president targets fannie mae and freddie mac. Also, hillary, the documentary, the miniseries, and Reince Priebus, the angry chairman. I will not expose our candidates to this kind of treatment. Captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org the name of the program is inside washington and if