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			<title><![CDATA[Still falling short on anonymous sources]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In the run-up to last week's Virginia gubernatorial election, The Post published a front-page story quoting unnamed White House officials dumping on Democratic candidate R. Creigh Deeds. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Conflict of interest challenges dog Post]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Post reporter Juliet Eilperin covers the contentious issue of climate change. Her husband, a noted expert on the subject, coordinates international climate policy as a part-time senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. She has quoted officials from the liberal think tank in her stories, although not her spouse. Climate change is discussed at home, she said, but a "church-state separation" exists for areas where their work overlaps. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ombudsman Andrew Alexander on the response to the Post's redesign]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Readers develop a deeply personal comfort level with their newspaper. It's like a friend visiting their homes each morning. They grow accustomed to its look. And when there's even a minor change in appearance, like moving the location of a comic strip, it can be upsetting. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Is KidsPost's Birthdays Feature an Opening for Predatory Pedophiles?]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Once a week, the KidsPost page carries a dozen or more photos of area children with their names, birthdays and hometowns. To the youngsters and their parents, it's exciting to be featured in a newspaper read by friends, relatives and hundreds of thousands of others.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4575117861" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4575117861" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Do Ethics Guidelines Threaten Freewheeling Social Media?]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A newspaper typically gets applause when it tightens its ethics policies. But there were some loud boos when The Post recently implemented newsroom guidelines governing the use of social media. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Earlier Post Deadlines Cut Sports Results]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The health-care debate is raging. The situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating. There's fresh concern about domestic terrorism. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Slow Start to Covering Conservative Issues]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Conservative bloggers and commentators know how to turn up the heat on mainstream media. Glenn Beck did it one day last week on his Fox News program. Theatrically unhinged, he directed viewers to call their local newspaper and demand coverage of ACORN, the national community action group targeted in an embarrassing hidden video sting. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[What's Burgundy and Gold and Read All Over?]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Washington Redskins kick off their regular season Sunday afternoon with an away game against the New York Giants. But many readers already think The Post deserves a penalty for providing too much coverage.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4575120551" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4575120551" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Profile on Anti-Gay-Marriage Activist Provokes Wrath]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Post recently featured a story by reporter Monica Hesse that ran on the front of the Style section while she was on vacation. The day before returning, she logged on to check e-mails -- and wept. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Readers Fault Post Coverage of Health-Care Debate]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Post publishes health-care reform stories almost every day as it tracks the twists and turns of the epic debate. So it's surprising to hear from so many readers who ask: Why hasn't The Post explained what this is all about? <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Online Spat Provokes Questions on What to Publish]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Post recently ran a front-page story about those who pretend to be employed rather than suffer the embarrassment of no longer having a job. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Post Often Ignores Its Own Rules on Anonymous Sources]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Post has strict rules on the use of anonymous sources. They're spelled out in detail -- more than 3,000 words -- in its internal stylebook.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4575124265" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4575124265" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA['Mouthpiece Theater' Ends With Apologies]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=d31298e37dd47dcf173fc7bd89818c48</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ There were apologies instead of applause when the lights dimmed on "Mouthpiece Theater" last week. The experimental satirical video series, featuring Post staffers Dana Milbank and Chris Cillizza, ended its 16-episode run amid controversy and regret. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obit Readership Is Increasing]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=166a620c2f23ae4713d4b6b0e74b971a</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Did you catch the news about the golfer who died of a stroke? How about the librarian who checked out? Or the math teacher whose number was up? <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[When to See Through Polls]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=97636b9fef9ac53d20e573bf608f0589</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ You don't need a survey to know that Americans love polls. Election polls. Issue polls. Polls on whether Michael Jackson was murdered. Polls on boxers or briefs for men. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Post Weighs Rethinking and Updating Its Ethics Rules]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=6988e26ef6c23c1b786925fe111255c5</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Style section copy editors recently received an e-mail from a supervisor asking for ideas on when The Post should provide clickable links within online stories to retail Web sites.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4575126639" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4575126639" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Stumbles That Led to an Ethics Blunder]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=8c87b6a01ac88bf6c43cb75707408ac3</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Washington Post's ill-fated plan to sell sponsorships of off-the-record "salons" was an ethical lapse of monumental proportions. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Declining Editing Staff Leads to Rise in Errors]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=803c353b7d2e1e05b8482d2c9dffd111</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The front of Tuesday's Metro section directed readers to turn to Page B3 for a story about the suspected kidnapping of a Wheaton woman. But no story could be found. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rhee's Silent Treatment]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=2f9bcb6aca6a1507b1ff58afe3cba4aa</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Last Sunday's Post carried an absorbing front-page look at the evolution of reformist Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee as she ends her second year of trying to fix the District's underperforming school system. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Post Staff Fear Loss of Quality in Paper's Transition]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Post was losing money. The staff was depleted. The competition was fierce. The economy was a shambles, and the paper needed radical change to survive.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4575129101" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4575129101" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Why The Post Published 'Murder on Swann Street' Web-Only]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Readers of the print Post got a tantalizing invitation in their newspaper last week. For three days beginning Sunday, the front of the Metro section promoted "Murder on Swann Street," a two-part narrative about the murder of young attorney Robert Wone in 2006. It promised an "intriguing, vexing whodunit with strange sexual undertones and clues and characters fit for a pulp novel." <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<title><![CDATA[Difficult Decisions Over What Not to Disclose]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In the 1952 movie classic "Deadline-U.S.A.," a crusading editor played by Humphrey Bogart is on the phone with a gangster who warns him: "Print that story, and you're a dead man." <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[A White House Spokesman's 'Urban Myth']]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Ari Fleischer hasn't been seen much since he stepped down as White House press secretary in 2003 and moved out of the public spotlight. So it was a surprise when he e-mailed recently asking The Post to "correct the record" on a comment he made nearly eight years ago. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Post Whittles Down Its Corrections Backlog]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/24/AR2009042402281.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This appeared on Page A2 of last Tuesday's Post:<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4575131901" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4575131901" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA['Judge Parker' Wins His Case In the Court of Reader Opinion]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Post readers winced when stock tables were eliminated. They grimaced when TV listings were trimmed. They glared when a crossword puzzle and games were dropped. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[O! Why the Orioles Are Less Seen in The Post]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ For Post readers who follow the Baltimore Orioles, it seems the Birds flew south for spring training and vanished. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Post's Journalistic Rules Are Kept Hidden From Readers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040303030.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Newspapers demand accountability and transparency from the institutions they cover. But when it comes to The Post, one of the world's best-known media institutions, the attitude seems to be: Good for thee, but not for me. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Post's Changes, in Business News and Beyond]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In a column earlier this month, I urged Post readers to "buckle up" for a wild ride as the newspaper makes major changes. The road will get bumpy on Monday.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4575135382" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4575135382" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ombudsman -- The Post's Corrections Process Needs Correcting]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Post strives to get the facts right and pledges to correct those that are wrong. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lagging in the Fight for Open Government]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Post reporters routinely file Freedom of Information Act requests to dislodge public records. Editorials warn about the dangers of government secrecy. And the newspaper is willing to sue government agencies to force disclosure of documents. It cares about the public's right to know. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[How to Create Future Readers]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A money-losing newspaper, mired in a bad economy, has to make some wrenching decisions. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Alexander]]></dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ombudsman Columns by Deborah Howell]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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