{"id":2009056,"date":"2023-08-23T08:36:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T12:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-washington-posts-new-hire-shows-media-will-never-hold-themselves-accountable\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T08:37:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T12:37:23","slug":"the-washington-posts-new-hire-shows-media-will-never-hold-themselves-accountable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-washington-posts-new-hire-shows-media-will-never-hold-themselves-accountable\/","title":{"rendered":"The Washington Post&#8217;s new hire highlights media&#8217;s lack of self-accountability."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-washington-posts-new-hire-shows-media-will-never-hold-themselves-accountable%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2009056&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>Uncovering the Media&#8217;s\u200b Ethical Dilemma<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, The Washington Post\u200d made headlines with their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-school-district-drops-one-acronym-for-another-while-claiming-theyre-a-symptom-of-white-supremacy-culture\/\" title=\"San Francisco School District Drops One Acronym For Another While Claiming They\u2019re A \u2018Symptom Of White Supremacy Culture\u2019\">controversial decision<\/a> to hire Alexi McCammond as a new opinion editor. Now, you may\u2064 be wondering who\u2063 she is\u200b and why you should care. Well, let me tell\u2063 you, the inner workings of\u200b the \u200dmedia establishment can be quite the \u200dspectacle.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A History of Professional Failing Upward<\/h3>\n<p>McCammond first gained attention as a young reporter covering Democrats for\u2063 Axios. Her path crossed with T.J. Ducklo, press secretary for Biden&#8217;s presidential campaign, and a\u200c relationship\u200b blossomed. However, they\u2064 conveniently waited until after the election to disclose their connection, saving McCammond from\u200c being pulled off campaign \u2064coverage. It seems the D.C. press corps is more forgiving of physical \u200dintimacy than metaphorical\u2062 bias.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t \u200bthe first \u200btime such scandals have \u2062rocked the media. \u2062In the past, reporters have been fired for failing to extract scoops from their campaign romances. In fact, \u200cone journalist\u2063 even became a Pulitzer finalist for\u2064 the information\u2063 she &#8220;extracted&#8221; from her source.\u200c It&#8217;s clear that ethical standards in the industry are often situational.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A Series of Controversial Moves<\/h3>\n<p>McCammond&#8217;s journey continued \u200dwith a brief \u2062stint \u200cas the editor of Teen Vogue, where\u2064 her past tweets resurfaced \u2062and\u2064 caused an uproar among staff and advertisers.\u200c She left the position, only to return to Axios a few\u2063 months \u2062later. Now, she finds \u200cherself \u200cat The Washington Post, a \u2063publication already plagued by internal conflicts \u2064and reputational issues.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to understand why McCammond&#8217;s track record would make her a suitable choice for such a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-washington-posts-new-hire-shows-media-will-never-hold-themselves-accountable\/\" title=\"The Washington Post's new hire highlights media's lack of self-accountability.\">prominent editorial role<\/a>. The media establishment&#8217;s lack of accountability\u2063 has\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-politics-causing-a-public-health-brain-drain\/\" title=\"Are COVID Politics Causing a Public Health Brain Drain?\">eroded public trust<\/a>, and hiring someone with a questionable reputation only adds fuel to the fire. As Americans, we deserve better from our journalists and the institutions they represent.<\/p>\n<p>So, the\u2064 next time you come across another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-leader-praises-op-ed-that-falsely-claimed-parents-have-no-right-to-shape-their-kids-school-curriculum\/\" title=\"Teachers Union Leader Praises Op-Ed That Falsely Claimed Parents Have No Right To \u2018Shape Their Kids\u2019 School Curriculum\u2019\">controversial op-ed<\/a> from The Washington\u200b Post, remember the ethical dilemmas that plague the industry. McCammond&#8217;s story is just one \u2062of many, but it serves as a reminder that the media&#8217;s credibility\u2063 is hanging by a thread.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post hired Alexi McCammond as an opinion editor. Knowing or caring about her is not expected, as it&#8217;s political inside baseball. As a professional in this field, the dispiriting news business has been my reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":274,"featured_media":2009057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}