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Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:00 AM

The Washington Post fires its best columnist. Why?

One of the rarest media commodities -- someone who criticizes Democrats "from the Left" -- just got rarer still.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, June 18, 2009 01:07 PM

    C'mon, you're going to doubt the instincts of Fred Hiatt and Jackson Diehl?

    Okay, maybe this all goes back to various things like whether Froomkin free-lanced or not, but the important thing is that hopefully Froomkin's absence can help Fred Hiatt and Jackson Diehl concentrate more on providing fact-filled, carefully checked and verified, balanced opinions on a variety of subjects, and avoiding the cliches of establishmentarian hawkery and snobbery and power worship.

    It's their awesome instincts for news and the pulse of the American people which keeps everyone flocking to read the Washington Post day after day after day.

    —El Cid Read El Cid's other letters

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