Jeff Bezos announced a significant shift in The Washington Post's opinion section, explicitly stating it will now support only viewpoints that align with personal liberties and free markets. This decision, made following a decline in subscriptions, drew widespread criticism as it appears to prioritize Bezos' personal agenda over independent journalism. David Shipley, the opinion editor, resigned in response, while other staffers expressed discontent regarding the suppression of dissenting opinions, indicating a troubling trend towards media control by wealthy individuals.
"We are going to be writing every day in support of defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets... viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others."
"There was a time when a newspaper...might have seen it as a service to bring to the reader's doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section... Today, the internet does that job."
"Massive encroachment by Jeff Bezos into The Washington Post's opinion section today... makes clear dissenting views will not be published or tolerated there."
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