Kurtz Is Confused About His Owner's Status

Raleigh, N.C.: Good afternoon!
As someone with a background in history, it strikes me (with all due respect) that journalists writing on certain kinds of issues, such as political trends or international affairs, lack historical knowledge and perspective. What kind of requirements are there at a major paper or wire service for writers on those kinds of topics to be historically informed? Does The Post retain an historical consultant as a resource for its reporters? If not, should it?

Howard Kurtz: Well, it was the late Don Graham who famously described newspapers as providing “the first rough draft of history.”