NPR: The new CEO of The Washington Post and his hand-picked news chief come from a tradition of rough-and-tumble British journalism that plays loose with ethics, compared to U.S. media.

The new CEO of The Washington Post and his hand-picked news chief come from a tradition of rough-and-tumble British journalism that plays loose with ethics, compared to U.S. media.

New 'Washington Post' chiefs can’t shake their past in Londonwww.npr.org The new CEO of The Washington Post and his hand-picked news chief come from a tradition of rough-and-tumble British journalism that plays loose with ethics, compared to U.S. media.

What a Nice Polite Republican way of saying that they are filthy lying corrupt British tabloid scumbags. Have you already forgotten how they tried to buy off David Folkenflik?

“Rough-and-tumble?” HACKING INTO PEOPLE’S PHONES FFS.

Filthy lying RIGHTWING Murdoch-media scumbags. This isn’t just a UK vs US difference. This is a rightwing propaganda vs at least trying for truth difference.

And as usual, NPR is their stenographer.

They should keep Folkenflik, who is good at his job, but get rid of whoever writes these headlines. It’s a wonder we even make it to the article after that.

"a tradition of rough-and-tumble British journalism that plays loose with ethics" = "unethical" you're welcome

The whole point of ethics is that if you play loose with them you're not being ethical

Imagine if your surgeon came up to you with shades and a skateboard and the people around him said “Aw fuck yeah, here comes Johnny Horndog, he plays loose with ethics”

You don't need to be so nice about this... He's a scumbag.

... and THAT'S why Bezos picked them.

Please take the kid gloves off, NPR. You know that the rich are coming for you next.

I mean what are they going to do if you start being outspoken? Try to sabotage public services? They’re already doing that.

That's an odd way of describing criminal hacking, "rough and tumble... loose ethics."

"Rough-and-tumble" who wrote this i just want to talk

smashmouth journalism, just the lads doing some wiretapping

Oi bruv me and the lads down at the pub just hacked a dead teens phone, we're doing real journalism now.

Oh dear gods, please, no. We don't need *this*. Ever.

You could just say they illegally hack people they're investigating instead of treating it as if it were just some legitimate disagreement where both sides might be right.

So this is how Washington Post wants to increase readership? Turning into Fox "News" 2.0?

The word "journalism" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in this sentence.

will the Washington Post morph into the New National Enquirer? Many people think so

Scuzzy I think the word you were looking for is scuzzy

Knowing the Post and the Telegraph well, I am sorry these vermin are invading what was once a bastion for truth. The Telegraph nursed Boris Johnson at the teat and fanned the flames of Brexit and the new European facism. Trump now has an ally.

Plays loose with ethics = breaks the law?

Exactly what WaPo needed: To continue its downward spiral even faster

‘compared to U.S. media’ well that’s a low bar

"Plays loose with ethics" is a hell of a euphemism.