Circulation plummeting! Costs rising! What to do? The Washington Post has decided to politely ask all its writers to please stop writing. At the moment, the list of people who’ve been offered a buy-out is 70-odd long, and includes some of the best reporters and writers at the paper (cough Kamen cough cough) (and not Rich Cohen cough cough). In the midst of this bad news, Fishbowl DC finds the worst:
Also, could it be true what we’re hearing? That everyone’s favorite wingman reporter — Laura Sessions Stepp — was “encouraged” to take the buyout, but decided to stay?
FOR THE GOOD OF JOURNALISM, LAURA, TAKE THE OFFER.
Havemann… Out [FishbowlDC]
Earlier: That’s It, Bring Back the Draft
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