Shortly after being crowned executive editor of the Washington Times, John Solomon, a former AP and Washington Post reporter, claimed that the “style of journalism” at the Times under his leadership is “going to be about being fair and balanced and accurate and precise.” But U.S. News reports that Solomon assured the folks at the conservative Heritage Foundation last night that his days at the Post didn’t infiltrate his conservative bona fides:
Whew. Readers of and workers at the conservative Washington Times can breathe easier now. New Editor John Solomon, who toiled at the Washington Post for a year and before that at the AP, says he didn’t drink the Post ‘s Kool-Aid. “I didn’t get the bug,” he told an intimate gathering last night at the Heritage Foundation
Solomon appears to now be telling the truth. Shortly after he took the reins at the Times, the newspaper published a front page article baselessly claiming the military “fears” Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL).
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