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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.
You know what I’d like to see? All the recently-resigned and recently-fired journalists getting together and forming a new news source with principles of truth. I’d subscribe, even scroll past ads if necessary. Maybe they could do a series of interviews with recently-fired government employees…
Some have: https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian?r=37ty01
Isn’t substack a bit problematic, though, too?
Unless they’ve changed their policy on taking money from and paying nazis, white supremacists, etc., then yes.
I think the challenge here is money. Who’s going to fund that? And I’m not saying they need to make a ton of money, but they need to eat, and eggs are expensive!