Wednesday August 22nd, 2007 2:35 PM by BHDC Staff
Filed under: Scandals, Washington Times, Sun Myung Moon, Wesley Pruden, Frances Coombs
Filed under: Scandals, Washington Times, Sun Myung Moon, Wesley Pruden, Frances Coombs
Top editors are apparently getting crankier and louder as Preston Moon, son of Korean Unification Church leader and Washington Times financier Sun Myung Moon, prepares to announce a more liberal replacement for editor-in-chief Wesley Pruden.
Managing editor Frances Coombs’ loud outbursts have already been well-documented by Big Head DC, but yesterday another scathing yelling match broke out among top staff, we hear from newsroom sources. More details to follow…

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This is great news! I know some Unification members who are anti-war and anti-racism. I hope Preston stands up to the poisonous neo-Nazi ring in the newsroom.
[…] Former Wash Times Staffer Jabs Stacy McCain Thursday August 23rd, 2007 2:39 AM by BHDC Staff Filed under: Scandals, Washington Times, Wesley Pruden, Frances Coombs, Robert Stacy McCain “[T]his latest dust-up reported by FishBowlDC and Big Head DC Web sites shines new light on huge continuing problems for The Washington Times if Fran Coombs is presumed ascendant editor-in-chief of to succeed Wesley Pruden, Jr. at the newspaper,” George Archibald, a former reporter at the Times for more than 21 years writes today. […]
[…] Former Wash Times Staffer Jabs Stacy McCain Thursday August 23rd, 2007 2:39 AM by BHDC Staff Filed under: Scandals, Washington Times, Wesley Pruden, Frances Coombs, Robert Stacy McCain “[T]his latest dust-up reported by the FishBowlDC and Big Head DC Web sites shines new light on huge continuing problems for The Washington Times if Fran Coombs is presumed ascendant editor-in-chief of to succeed Wesley Pruden, Jr. at the newspaper,” George Archibald, a former reporter at the Times for more than 21 years writes today. […]
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