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Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, was criticized by liberal commentators after announcing the major changes in the paper department on Wednesday. Critics accused him of having bent President Donald Trump’s knee.
The New York David Remnick joined MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Thursday to discuss the contribution, and said: “This is a terrible tragedy. This is the paper of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate and much more.”
“And Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post for half the price of his boat and he treated it like a rubber boat and it is a terrible tragedy,” continued Remnick. He argued that Bezos “throw up his hands and kissed the ring of the President of the United States”, for fear of the president “, who behave as the beginning of authoritarians”.
Bezos announced further Wednesday that the post -opinion page is completely revised and concentrated on “every day to support and defend two pillars: personal freedom and free markets”. The opinion editor for the newspaper, David SHIPLEY, also resigned.
Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post
Jeff Bezos, owner of billionaire Washington Post, announces new changes in the Post section. ((Photo by Karwai Tang/Wirmage) Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images)
The publisher and CEO of Swiss Post, William Lewis, also made an explanation of the changes on Wednesday and said: “This is not about spending a political party. This is about being crystal clear what we stand as a newspaper for.
The contribution was given up after Bezos had outdated the editorial side of the support of former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 via Trump, which caused several employees to leave the newspaper. The paper approved the former President Biden in 2020 and Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Former Washington Post Editor Marty Baron Also in a conversation about “Morning Joe” on Wednesday when Host Joe Scarborough asked him to talk about the change that he said was shocking.
“I am exposed to the free. You know that it is in the first amendment. And news organizations have always honored free expression by having a variety of perspectives on their opinion pages.” Said Baron.
“But Bezos is excluding that. And he says that only his point of view is represented on these pages. And that is really a betrayal at the legacy of the Washington Post. And I think a betrayal of the idea of free expression,” he added.
The Washington Post building in DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The founder of Axios, Jim Vandehei, told “Morning Joe”, Bezos belonged to several owners of media companies who had “kinking”.
“I am surprised that he not only closed the opinion side,” Vandehei told MSNBC. “Use all of your money into the reporting if you want to be the ‘paper for all of America’ – as he describes it. You probably need many reporters in America to do the job. And so the idea of reproducing the Wall Street Journal, and then also saying:” Hey, if you do not match our opinion, you are not on the pages. “It just sounds strange.”
Abby Phillip from CNN had two discussion participants during her show on Wednesday evening, who said Bezos’ recent announcement was only part of the problem.
“I now use the hashtags #broken Times and #BROKENPOST. In my opinion, the headlines in both papers are constantly switched off and are constantly trying to do what’s going on,” said Jeff Jarvis, professor at Stony Brook University.
“We are in the middle of a totalitarian fascist coup in this country. And if we do not call it, if we have it soft pedal, we can do these discussions, but you will not see these words in the New York Times or in Post Washington Post if we do not really discuss these words-he continued.
Another discussion participant, Touré, an author of Substack, agreed and added: “If we were honest, there should be a breaking news banner on CNN and MSNBC all day.” We are currently in the dictatorship “.”
Jeff Jarvis, professor of Stony Brook University, spoke out against Bezos’ announcement on the post on Wednesday. (Screenshot/CNN)
Jarvis also thought about Bezos’ focus on personal freedoms and free markets.
“It is a ridiculous word game that is going on here. Who does not believe in individual freedoms? Who doesn’t believe in free markets? Until a month ago we lived in a democracy. Now we are in an oligarchy and a plutocracy and things have changed,” he said.
Jarvis added: “He signals that he will use this type of invented words to say:” I’m with Trump. “And as you said, it is his newspaper.
The move also led to criticism from prominent Democrats, including the California Senator Adam Schiff.
“In the guise of promoting ‘personal Liberty’, the Washington Post will limit the freedom of its editors to publish opinions that do not drive the business interests of its owner,” tweeted ship.
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“It turns out that democracy dies in the hands of Oligarchen,” said Rep. Morgan McGarvey, D-Ky.
Michael Schaffer from Politico wrote in a column For the Outlet’s Magazine on Wednesday, democracy was “in the dark”, an indication of the slogan of the Washington Post.
“When he personally announced that he had dramatically reoriented the editorial line and would actually not even perform deviating views, Bezos added another sharp example of a narrative that is a serious threat to the image of the post: The idea that his owner plays around with the product to promote with his new buddy Trump to curry-hairpick switch.
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The Washington Post did not immediately answer a request for comment.
