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SHOCKING: Washington post accuses incoming editor of using work of blagger | Mind Blowing Facts

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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