Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos says opinion pages will defend free market and ‘personal liberties’

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The billionaire owner of The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, narrowed the topics covered by its opinion section Wednesday to defending personal liberties and the free market, a pivot away from its traditional broad focus and prompting the news outlet’s opinion editor to resign.

Bezos, who also is the founder and largest individual shareholder of Amazon, said on X that “viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.”

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Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos says opinion pages will defend free market and 'personal liberties'

The billionaire owner of The Washington Post is directing its opinion section to defend personal liberties and the free market in a shift that prompted the editor of that page to resign.
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Praise Trump or get fired. I hope people cancel their subscriptions. What an asshole.
 
without USAID and other shit stain progressive causes funding the propaganda I expect more "news organizations" to fold


oh - and as a reminder - trollolol, you put me on ignore. so fuck off. you aren't reading this you fucking clown
 
zymurgy said:
without USAID and other shit stain progressive causes funding the propaganda I expect more "news organizations" to fold


oh - and as a reminder - trollolol, you put me on ignore. so fuck off. you aren't reading this you fucking clown
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^^go kill yourself
 
Hume is late to the party.


Diogenes

Thread 'Is Bezos becoming MAGA?'

"I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning:

'I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.

We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.

There was a time when a newspaper, especially one that was a local monopoly, might have seen it as a service to bring to the reader’s doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all...
 

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David Shipley, The Post’s opinion editor, is resigning after trying to persuade Jeff Bezos to reconsider the new direction.

In the weeks leading up to his exit, Mr. Shipley suggested compromises to incorporate Mr. Bezos’ approach but also ensure that The Post’s opinion section could still publish a variety of viewpoints. In the end, Mr. Shipley told the owner of the newspaper that he didn’t think Mr. Bezos’ decision was the right one for The Post, or for him, according to the two people.

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Bezos’ Directive for Washington Post Opinion Pages Leads to Editor David Shipley’s Exit

David Shipley, The Post’s opinion editor, is resigning after trying to persuade Jeff Bezos to reconsider the new direction.
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