Ed & Pub: Guild Leaders Want WaPo Out Of Sept. 11 Freedom Walk

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From Editor & Publisher
Dated Monday August 15

'Wash Post' Guild Leaders Want Paper Out Of Sept. 11 'Freedom Walk'
By Joe Strupp

Newspaper Guild leaders at The Washington Post on Monday afternoon called on the newspaper to withdraw its sponsorship of a controversial Sept. 11 memorial walk organized by the Department of Defense. The event has drawn opposition from several groups for its alleged pro-war tilt.

"Basically, the guild is calling for the Post to reconsider and drop sponsorship," said Rick Weiss, a Post reporter and co-chair of The Washington Post unit of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild Local 32035. "As a matter of maintaining its appearance of neutrality on polarizing issues of policy."

Weiss said eight members of the local's leadership committee met Monday and unanimously passed a resolution asking the paper to drop its support of the event. He said the resolution would be delivered to Post Publisher Bo Jones as soon as possible.

The unit represents more than 1,400 Post employees.

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1. good for the guild!

hope every member boycotts the death-fest.