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The Washington Post And Red America

When The Washington Post came under fire late last year for the "White House Briefing" blog/column written by Dan Froomkin, washingtonpost.com executive editor Jim Brady responded by saying in part that his news operation already was looking for "a different voice altogether" to complement Froomkin.

The Post appears to have found that voice in Ben Domenech, a co-founder of the RedState blog and a book editor for conservative authors at Regnery Publishing. Washington's most famous MSM outlet just tapped Domenech to start a new blog called Red America.

Domenech's first post went online at 7 a.m. today, and he kicked it off with this message: "This is a blog for the majority of Americans."

Domenech immediately showed a willingness to bite the blog hand that feeds him with a poke at Post managers who "spent far too much time in sessions with markers and whiteboard, trying to settle on a name for the column." And he closed with this thought: "Red America's citizens are the political majority. They're here to stay. It's time to start paying attention to what they believe and why."

Conservative bloggers -- including A-listers like Hugh Hewitt and Michelle Malkin, whose books Domenech has edited -- rejoiced at the news. But Malkin encouraged her readers to show Domenech "some love and support" because "the moonbats will go nuts. I promise you."

UPDATE: Editor & Publisher has a report on the firestorm of criticism from liberals upset by the decision to hire Domenech.

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