WaPo Editor Quits, Accusing Bezos of Stifling Dissent
Veteran Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned after a disagreement over editorial direction. Marcus alleges that CEO William Lewis suppressed a column dissenting from owner Jeff Bezos’ new mandate for opinion pieces to unequivocally support free markets and personal liberties. This policy change, implemented last month, followed Bezos’ controversial attendance at President Trump’s inauguration. Marcus’s departure, following that of opinion editor David Shipley, highlights concerns about compromised editorial independence at the newspaper.
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