RIP, Jack Nelson; Editor Didn't Always Favor Digging Out 'Hidden Facts

Tim Graham
October 25th, 2009 5:35 PM
The Washington Post warmly remembered longtime Los Angeles Times reporter and Washington Bureau Chief Jack Nelson in a Thursday obituary headlined "L.A. Times reporter was driven by his conscience." Nelson was hailed by many for courageous reporting of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The Post’s Patricia Sullivan pulled this tribute from the Associated Press: "He maintained that the main…