Washington Post loses 75K subscribers after Bezos-ordered Op-Ed pivot

Jeff Bezos remakes the Post

Jeff Bezos remakes the Post

'Some news organizations will fight, in an atmosphere of constant anxiety'

'The Washington Post is dying a death of despair' George Packer at The AtlanticThe "Washington Post is dying not in darkness but by the light of noon, and by its own hand," says George Packer. A "national newspaper like the Post should speak to a democratic public and represent public opinion, which means publishing the widest possible range of thoughtful views." When "it ceases to do so, it becomes more like the narrow, partisan, mutually hosti…

How Jeff Bezos brought the Washington Post’s global reputation into question

The Washington Post still conjures up, for some, the promise of fiercely independent investigative journalism that can unseat a corrupt president. In what became one of the biggest stories of the 20th century, Richard Nixon (1969-74) was forced to resign the presidency in 1974, halfway through his second term, following an investigation by Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. After months of work the reporting team linked Nixon and hi…

Exclusive: Marty Baron on Jeff Bezos, The Washington Post, and Trump’s Crackdown on the Press

A few months after Marty Baron was hired as the top editor of The Washington Post in 2013, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bought the paper.

Jeff Bezos Is Scared to Have an Open Debate on Economics

By banning perspectives critical of the status quo, Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is turning a major news outlet into a mouthpiece for market fundamentalists. If the ideas he champions are so defensible, why is he squeamish about debate?

More Nominees for the Washington Post "Most Bezos Obedient Washington Post Reporters" Award

Michael Birnbaum, Natalie Allison, Matt Viser, and Jacqueline Alemany are new leaders for the prize “Most Bezos Obedient Washington Post Reporters” In their story www.washingtonpost.com/… about the Trump/Zelensky meeting, readers learned a number of...