WaPo reporter resigns after intimating that Matt Drudge is nuts in off-the-record emails

[marmar]

from HuffPost:



Reporter/blogger Dave Weigel has resigned from the Washington Post following the leak of controversial, off-the-record emails he sent to a group of journalists.

Weigel, who covered the conservative beat for the Washington Post, said in an e-mail to the liberal JournoList group that "this would be a vastly better world to live in if Matt Drudge decided to handle his emotional problems more responsibly, and set himself on fire."

Weigel apologized to his readers (and to Drudge), but now FishbowlDC has confirmed that Weigel resigned from the newspaper Friday morning.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/25/dave-weigel-resigns-from_n_625666.html

[Gold Metal Flake]

1. Wuss.

He should have just said it was posted for entertainment purposes and moved on.

[joeybee12]

2. he should have been promoted for that...n/t

[Robert DAH Bruce]

8. Damn right!

[cutlassmama]

11. [phone]

[virgogal]

3. Another day,another apology. This is getting tiresome.

[xchrom]

4. I too think drudge should set his own ass on fire

But I'll never apologize for that.

[blogslut]

5. This is a shame

Mr. Weigel did some amazing reporting on the Tea Party for the Washington Independent and that's what got him the job @ the WaPo. It is unfortunate he was unable to keep his private opinions private. Perhaps the Washington Independent will take him back.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. When the rwingers are found to have said such things,they never resign..They glory in their

situation.

[Blue_Tires]

9. exactly...they never seem to get asked to resign after much worse infractions

[xultar]

7. Matt Drudge is nuts, that is the most worst kept secret in the fucking universe.

[damntexdem]

10. I tell you, the biggest sin a journalist can commit nowadays is to tell the truth.