death of the Washington Post

I used to read the Washington Post because of its good coverage of Guantanamo and detainee treatment. But I just heard (been tucked away in a technology-free zone) about its firing of Dan Froomkin and well that spells the death of the WaPost for me.

As usual, Glenn Greenwald has some insightful points to make on a topic he writes about quite often. In short: Froomkin was too much of a real journalist for the Washington Post's editorial board to handle, because according to it, the function of journalism is to cater to the prevailing political masters.