A star Washington Post columnist fired by Jeff Bezos’s newspaper has warned that the billionaire is enabling America’s descent into authoritarianism under Donald Trump. She says the state-sanctioned murder of journalists is no longer unthinkable. Trump has repeatedly spoken about using the military to stifle an “enemy within”—including Democrats, leftists, and protestors—saying troops are using…
This week, Nick Davies reveals his new findings about the phone-hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch that rocked the U.K. in the 2010s, and what it could mean for The Washington Post. Then Gracie Wiener tells us how Diaper Diplomacy has become social media’s new fixation. And finally, Carolina de Armas reports on the obsession of…
The Washington Post is shrinking and sinking, and fast. Amid continuing losses, the news organization is wrapping up its second employee buyout in 18 months. This one will clear out about three dozen of its most accomplished reporters, editors and opinion columnists (Jonathan Capehart, Catherine Rampell, David Von Drehle). This is a trend, unfortunately: In…