the billionaire owner of the Washington Postis making changes to the newspaper’s opinion pages to limit what he described as points of view that oppose “personal freedoms and free markets.”
The change, which Bezos announced on Wednesday (26) in an X post, resulted in the resignation of David Shibipley, editor of the opinion section of the post. Shipley joined the post in 2022, after previous tickets for New Republic, New York Times e Bloomberg News.
“Let’s write every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal freedoms and free markets,” wrote Bezos. “Of course we will also cover other topics, but the points of view that oppose these pillars will be left to be published by others.”
Bezos said he offered Shipley the opportunity to lead the new vision, but “after careful consideration, David decided to move away.”
Since buying the post in 2013, Bezos, founder of, has remained largely away from editorial coverage until recently. After an initial and tense rivalry with Trump that dates back to almost a decade, Bezos had largely silenced his criticism during the presidencies of. In October, the Post He made a controversial decision not to endorse a presidential candidate after initially prepared an article in favor of Vice-President. The Union of Post He stated that the decision not to publish was made by bezos.
The decision generated a storm of criticism, both inside and outside the newspaper. Several editors and writers resigned. Up to 200,000 subscribers, or 8% of the total, canceled, said the National Public Radio.
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Bezos, which is the second richest person in the world, has business with billions of dollars that depend on the federal government, including cloud computing services and their space company.
Trump adopted a clearly antagonistic view of the traditional press, restricting access to some vehicles while granting preferential status to others. On Tuesday, which helps report the president’s daily activities to the public. The measure is strongly contrast with decades of bipartisan tradition that allowed the White House correspondents to choose which vehicles would participate in the daily pool, which was mainly composed of organizations such as CNN, Reuters, Associated Press, Fox News, New York Times e Bloomberg News.
Trump is also processing several news vehicles, including the CBS do Paramount Group e a ABC from Walt Disney. Paramount and Trump are in negotiations on Trump’s accusations that a 60 -minute interview with Harris was misleading, while ABC agreed to pay $ 16 million to resolve a defamation process in December.
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Jeff Stein, White House economy reporter for the Postcalled the “Great Invasion” bezo measure in the opinion section of the newspaper.
“I haven’t felt invasion of my journalism on my news, but if you are trying to interfere with the news side, I will resign immediately and warn you,” he wrote in an X post.
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