Sports coverage, international, metro and the paper's podcast are among those hit the hardest as the storied newspaper cuts back amid declining revenue.
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
-- Ben Mullin (@benmullin.bsky.social) Feb 4, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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Used to subscribe, back when the WP really was a terrific newspaper. It took a long time for Bezos to squeeze the life out of that paper, but by the time he killed its presidential endorsement and brought that loathsome Murdoch suck-up Lewis on board, it was all over but the hair tearing and tears. Damn shame, really.
Worth a read:
The Murder of The Washington Post
Today's layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.
By Ashley Parker
www.theatlantic.com
those camps will not be far behind
#4 | Posted by Hughmass
The camps are being built right now.
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@#6 ... The op-ed piece by Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton ...
If you have been paying attention, you might know that Mr Bezos gave strict marching orders to his OpEd staff regarding what they can and cannot publish.
At that point, the credibility of the Washington Post died.
Mass layoffs at Washington Post; hundreds of journalists cut as Bezos gives millions to Melania Trump
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