Howell: Under Attack

Deborah Howell, The Washington Post’s ombudsman for the past three years, suggested in her weekly column Sunday several ways for the Post (and washingtonpost.com) to enhance its “accessibility, credibility and appeal to readers in this time of economic stress.”

She made many suggestions and our Readers Who Comment came down — often impolitely — squarely on both sides. That is what makes her job so difficult. She can’t please anybody — and neither could her predecessors.