Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos announced a massive overhaul of the paper’s 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 views. Today, the internet does that job.I am of America and for America, and proud to be so. Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America’s success has been freedom in the economic realm and everywhere else. Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — and practical — it drives creativity, invention, and prosperity.
Jennifer Rubin fled WaPo’s editorial section in January, whining about Bezos and President Donald Trump.
Bezos said he asked David Shipley to lead the opinion pages. Shipley said no:
I offered David Shipley, whom I greatly admire, the opportunity to lead this new chapter. I suggested to him that if the answer wasn’t “hell yes,” then it had to be “no.” After careful consideration, David decided to step away. This is a significant shift, it won’t be easy, and it will require 100% commitment — I respect his decision. We’ll be searching for a new Opinion Editor to own this new direction.
People will blame Trump and Elon Musk because they refuse to take responsibility or look inward.
The legacy media has been bleeding readers due to the obvious bias.
But it’s not just the bias.
The opinion writers, mostly the rest of the paper, talk down to non-leftists. They have a high and mighty attitude and think they’re better than everyone.
They are our betters!
Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong made similar changes to his paper’s opinion section. Mariel Garza resigned as editorial editor when Soon-Shiong didn’t allow them to make a presidential candidate.
Soon-Shiong explained his desire for a “balanced” editorial section.
“I will work towards making our paper and media fair and balanced so that all voices are heard and we can respectfully exchange every American’s view ..from left to right to the center,” Soon-Shiong wrote on X. “Coming soon. A new Editorial Board. Trust in media is critical for a strong democracy.”
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