Bezos also informed staff that opinion editor David Shipley had decided to resign rather than shepherd this dramatic change, adding that he would “be searching for a new opinion editor to own this new direction.” Meanwhile, perhaps in an effort to head off the expected anger from the paper’s journalists, embattled publisher Will Lewis added in a separate statement that “this is not about siding with any political party” but instead “about being crystal clear about what we stand for as a newspaper.”.
Before apparently meeting Trump for dinner on Wednesday evening, Jeff Bezos sparked outrage among Washington Post journalists and readers when he announced that the paper’s opinion section will focus on “free markets” and “personal liberties” moving forward.
Earlier this week, Bezos – who had already drawn outrage from Post journalists and readers for seemingly currying favor with Trump with his earlier meddling at the paper – announced in a memo to staff that the Opinion page would focus on two topics that were near and dear to the Amazon founder’s heart.
“It no longer presents a variety of opinion but a propaganda push to benefit the owner,” recently departed senior opinion editor Amanda Katz noted, while the paper’s revered former executive editor Marty Baron labeled it a betrayal and said Bezos “has prioritized those commercial interests over The Post.”.
President Donald Trump claimed in a recent interview that he dined with Jeff Bezos on Wednesday night – mere hours after the mega-billionaire owner of the Washington Post issued a stunning new mandate to the newspaper’s opinion section.
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