Controversy Over How, Why Post Piece Was Killed, If Publisher Weymouth Involved

Link: Controversy Over How, Why Post Piece Was Killed, If Publisher Weymouth Involved – washingtonpost.com:

A Post Magazine editor encouraged Matt Mendelsohn to pursue the story after reviewing his photos of Ess. But the atmosphere apparently soured after Weymouth told Mendelsohn at a birthday brunch in her honor that this was not the sort of piece that she favored for the magazine. Weymouth has been telling editors that there have been too many stories similar to the one last November about a 13-year-old dwarf undergoing surgery to lengthen her legs.