Summary
Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned after CEO William Lewis allegedly spiked her column criticizing owner Jeff Bezos’ new editorial directive.
Bezos instructed the opinion section to promote “personal liberties and free markets,” prompting concerns over editorial independence.
Marcus called the change a breach of reader trust, saying columnists are no longer free to express dissenting views.
Her resignation follows that of opinion editor David Shipley. The shift is seen as an effort to align with Donald Trump, after Bezos attended his inauguration.
We cancelled our subscription way back when they decided to break tradition and not endorse a candidate. I wish there was more we could do.
There is, but few people want to talk about it.
I have no idea what you mean. /s
ury-jay ullification-nay
Does the article title contain the 2 most important words?
Accusing Washington?
Do you avoid Amazon at all costs? That’s probably the only thing.
It’s nice to see Bezos getting some hate too for his role in enabling right wing propaganda. Musk has been getting all of the attention lately.
Sounds like the CEO is the one who needs to resign
Article says columnist resigned, not editor.
Ruth Marcus is an associate editor and columnist for The Post.
Amazon is a terrible monster. It’s many head must be slain.
