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Monday, April 12, 2004
LOOKING OUT FOR LEIBY No fan of Richard Leiby am I, but apparently the Washington Post’s “Reliable Source” columnist is coming under fire for the only really good scoop he’s yet had, viz. reporting the romantic relationship between disgraced (and married) CNN producer Eason Jordan and Daniel Pearl’s widow, Marianne Pearl. I didn’t realize it was causing all that much consternation, but apparently the uproar was sufficient that the Post’s ombudsman, Michael Getler, devoted today’s column to just that. Getler quotes liberally from an online chat in which Leiby fended off criticism from angry readers, and his defense should more than settle it. Leiby’s column usually consists of ‘Redskins owner Dan Snyder had lunch with actor and former Senator Fred Thompson’ and ‘lots of people showed up to see George Clooney have lunch at the Palm.’ (It’s always lunch in this town.) But when Leiby actually stumbles across something juicy, people start berating him? Beyond the occasional intern scandal, DC has precious little worthwhile gossip worth reporting. Let him have this one. |
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