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The Will Lewis Living Wake

News and notes on the developing and shape-shifting scandal engulfing The Washington Post—the newsroom revolt, the Bezos response, the Barr return, the Merida tidbit, and the coming denouement of Act I.

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Will Lewis has endured one of the more unimaginably awful months in recent media history. Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
Dylan Byers
June 19, 2024

On Monday, many of the swells of the Washington political-media in-crowd gathered at Temple Sinai to celebrate the life and times of legendary author and journalist Howard Fineman, the longtime Newseek star and NBC analyst. Mark Whitaker, Evan Thomas, Chris Matthews, Al Franken, and Jill Abramson were among those who delivered remarks and, at the end of his eulogy, former Rep. John Yarmuth broke out a minibar-sized bourbon and toasted Fineman’s days as a cub reporter for the Louisville Courier Journal with a swig from the pulpit. In Washington, a town built on institutions and legacies, it was a true hero’s goodbye.