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Wpnieditor / washingtonpost.blog:
Ben Domenech Resigns — In the past 24 hours, we learned of allegations that Ben Domenech plagiarized material that appeared under his byline in various publications prior to washingtonpost.com contracting with him to write a blog that launched Tuesday. — An investigation into these allegations …
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Michelle Malkin:
THE DOMENECH DEBACLE — ***scroll for updates...statement from NRO*** — I just got home from Pittsburgh and am late heading out the door for the Abdul Rahman event in D.C., but I can't let this blog sit silent about the plagiarism debacle now engulfing young conservative Ben Domenech, the Washington Post's "Red America" blogger.
Rick Moran / The American Thinker:
It appeared to be the beginning of something new and exciting for the mainstream press. The Washington Post hired a conservative blogger ostensibly to give the view from the right on issues covered by the paper's news department. The Post has proven it self innovative in other ways when it comes …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Some Readers See Red Over Post.com's New Blogger — The Washington Post Co.'s Web operation has touched off an online furor by hiring as a blogger a 24-year-old former Bush administration aide who co-founded a conservative site and recently referred to Coretta Scott King as a "communist."
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Salon:
What hath Domenech done? — If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, young conservative Ben Domenech was apparently flattering Salon plenty back in college. On Thursday several bloggers examined the controversial Domenech's stint as a schoolboy columnist at the College …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
'Red America' Blogger Resigns — A 24-year-old conservative blogger hired by The Washington Post Co.'s Web site resigned today, three days after his debut, amid a flurry of allegations of plagiarism. — Ben Domenech, an editor with Regnery Publishing, relinquished the part-time position hours …
Augustine / RedState:
Red America Ends — Red America, my new blog at washingtonpost.com, has been under attack since its launch. It is a conservative blog on a mainstream media site, so many of the attacks were expected. If one bothers to read it, I believe it stands as a welcome addition to the opinion debate.
Editor and Publisher:
Conservatives Turn on New 'Wash Post' Blogger, Urge Him to Step Down — NEW YORK A two-day effort by liberal bloggers to find, and publicize, numerous examples of plagiarism committed by Washington Post blogger Ben Domenech culminated today in calls that he give up his new position—from some of his conservative supporters.
Dan / Riehl World View:Domenech Has To Answer Or Go — In light of what appears …
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Madeleine Albright / Los Angeles Times:
Good versus evil isn't a strategy — Bush's worldview fails to see that in the Middle East, power politics is the key. — THE BUSH administration's newly unveiled National Security Strategy might well be subtitled "The Irony of Iran." Three years after the invasion of Iraq and the invention …
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
Bush shuns Patriot Act requirement — In addendum to law, he says oversight rules are not binding — WASHINGTON — When President Bush signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act this month, he included an addendum saying that he did not feel obliged to obey requirements …
Associated Press:
Top Muslim clerics: Convert must die — Religious leaders urge courts to ignore West, hang Christian — KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Senior Muslim clerics are demanding that an Afghan man on trial for converting from Islam to Christianity be executed, warning that if the government caves …
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Bush Is Facing a Difficult Path on Immigration — WASHINGTON, March 23 — In the days before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, immigration policy was going to be President Bush's signature issue. It was central to his thinking as the former governor of a border state, key to his relationship …
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Anthony Browne / Times of London:
Chirac flees summit in a fury over use of English — Read Charles Bremner's Paris weblog on Chirac's walk-out — PRESIDENT CHIRAC stormed out of the first session of a European Union summit dominated by a row over French nationalism because a fellow Frenchman insisted on speaking English.
Jim Heintz / Associated Press:
Belarusian police round up protesters — MINSK, Belarus - Police barged into the opposition tent camp in the Belarusian capital early Friday and rounded up hundreds of demonstrators who had spent a fourth night protesting President Alexander Lukashenko's victory in a disputed election.
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
In Charge, Except They're Not — Is President Bush the leader of our government, or is he just a right-wing talk-show host? — The question comes to mind after Bush's news conference this week in which he sounded like someone who has no control over the government he is in charge of.
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