Turbulence is swirling in the top rungs of one of the nation's leading media outlets.

The Washington Post is again looking for an editor-in-chief after the British journalist who

was set to take that position just withdrew.

This comes after a year marked by staff cuts at the post, a high profile resignation, and

mounting red ink that totaled in the millions.

Lisa Desjardin has more on it all

and why it matters outside the DC Beltway.

The latest issue surrounds Robert Wynnet,

a British journalist who was to take over as the paper's top editor in November.

Over the weekend, The Post and the New York Times published stories tying Winnet to multiple

instances of using practices in the UK seen as unethical in this country,

including fraudulently obtaining phone and other data.

Today, the post announced he is out.

Winnette was hand-picked by the paper's new publisher and CEO William Lewis, who is also a British journalist,

and is also facing scrutiny and calls to resign.

For more, we're joined by Margaret Sullivan, Executive Director for Columbia Journalism Schools Newmark Center, and a

former columnist with the Post.

To help our audience, I want to lay out what's been reported

about Robert Wynnet.

He is a long-time investigative journalist.

Now, the Post found a former source had written

that Winnett helped cover up some clandestine activity and the post looked at his past

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