Joe Davidson, a longtime Washington Post columnist, publicly acknowledged his resignation this week after the paper killed one of his columns for being “too opinionated,” calling out Jeff Bezos in what he described as a damaging editorial shift. Davidson announced his departure from WaPo in his final “Federal Insider” column last month. He then expounded…
Some of the publishers that announced job cuts in January 2025. Washington Post picture: Shutterstock/Phil Pasquini. CNN picture: Shutterstock/Ben Von Klemperer Job cuts in the journalism industry in the UK and US came thick and fast in the first few months of 2025. Companies making major cutbacks in 2025 include Business Insider, ITV, Press Association…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Intercepted Iranian communications downplayed the extent of damage caused by U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear program, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing four people familiar with classified intelligence circulating within the U.S. government. A source, who declined to be named, confirmed that account to Reuters but said there were serious questions about…
Elon Musk has made personal appeals to Donald Trump to reverse his new wave of sweeping tariffs, The Washington Post reported over the weekend. As tensions rose over a planned 50% tariff on Chinese imports, Musk turned to social media to voice his opposition — while also trying to influence the president directly. Two people…
Eugene Robinson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at The Washington Post, announced that he’s leaving the newspaper on Thursday after billionaire owner Jeff Bezos’ overhaul to its editorial pages. Robinson — in an email to Post staffers — wrote that Bezos’ plan for a “significant shift” to the opinion section’s mission “has spurred me to decide…
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, an MSNBC contributor and staunch critic of President Trump, said he’s quitting after owner Jeff Bezos’ “significant shift” in the paper’s mission — joining an exodus of journalists at the beleaguered broadsheet. “The announced ‘significant shift’ in our section’s mission has spurred me to decide that it’s time for my…
US President Donald Trump shared his thoughts on Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post in a recent interview. He said Bezos criticized the newspaper’s employees and discussed changes in its opinion section. Trump said he believes Bezos is making efforts to be fair. Bezos Criticized Washington Post Employees In an interview with Clay Travis of…
The relationship between President Donald Trump and billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos continues to grow warmer, with the president complimenting the Washington Post owner for his recent changes to the paper. “I’ve gotten to know him, and I think he’s trying to do a real job,” Trump said about Bezos’ handling of the paper in…
Media Ruth Marcus quit her job at the paper earlier this week after its top executive killed her piece criticizing Jeff Bezos’ MAGA vision for the opinion section. Published Mar. 12 2025 1:02PM EDT Eugene Gologursky/Getty Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here. Source link
Now-former Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus, in a canceled column that led to her quitting the outlet earlier this week, wrote it was “unwise” for owner Jeff Bezos to revamp his paper’s opinion section. Her axed WaPo column instead ran on Wednesday in The New Yorker and included a lengthy breakdown of what led up…