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Jim Waterson Political media editor

Washington Post accuses incoming editor of using work of ‘blagger’

The Washington Post Building
The Washington Post Building in Washington DC. Robert Winnett is due to become editor in the autumn. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

The Washington Post has published an investigation that accuses its own future editor of using the work of a self-described blagger who stole private records to order.

Under the headline “Incoming Post editor tied to self-described ‘thief’ who claimed role in his reporting”, the newspaper claimed that Robert Winnett used material from a self-confessed blagger, John Ford, while working as a journalist on the Sunday Times during the 2000s.

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