Fox News reports:
Longtime Washington Post columnist Hugh Hewitt quit the newspaper on Friday, he told Fox News Digital. Hewitt, a conservative who hosts a nationally syndicated radio show, had been a contributing columnist for the newspaper since 2017 and has written hundreds of pieces.
A clip of Hewitt went viral earlier on Friday when he walked off the Washington Post’s online show the “First Look” with liberal columnists Jonathan Capehart and Ruth Marcus on its “Washington Post Live” platform. It came during a discussion of Trump rhetoric around election integrity.
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Maybe it’s just me, but Hugh Hewitt storming out of a WaPo livestream over the mildest of criticisms from a liberal colleague — and then immediately quitting and leaking that to the New York Post — seems like it might have been a bit premeditated.
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) November 1, 2024
Hugh Hewitt quits Washington Post after storming off live stream talk over dispute with liberal columnists: ‘I won’t come back’ https://t.co/cSqu7Xfn18
— Anthony Michael Kreis (@AnthonyMKreis) November 1, 2024
Another bad day for @WashingtonPost. Upset with @CapehartJ and @RuthMarcus for inaccurate attacks on Trump, @hughhewitt rips off his headset and leaves lives #PostLive show. “I’m done. This is the most unfair election ad I have ever been a part of.” Show falls apart, ends early. pic.twitter.com/fsGC1GhIrx
— Brent Baker
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(@BrentHBaker) November 1, 2024