Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight

Monday, February 09, 2026

David Remnick: The dismantling of the Washington Post is a choice, not a necessity, and the blame lies with Jeff Bezos.

Posted by retort at 08:13 AM | 6 COMMENTS | permalink

The scale of the cuts at the Washington Post last week, coupled with the lack of any sense of a strategy other than retreat, is beyond demoralizing, David Remnick writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/QxBcFb

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-- The New Yorker (@newyorker.com) Feb 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM

Comments

Is this news to anybody?

#1 | Posted by DarkVader at 2026-02-09 09:27 AM

Who needs Democracy when you have billions of dollars?

Democracy is for the Hoi Polloi.

#2 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-09 11:09 AM

This makes for a Sad day, I heard about it last week. The Post actually had for the most part good, accurate and fair reporting. They didn't have the issues that the NYTs has been plagued with. Canceling my subscription.

#3 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2026-02-09 11:45 AM

Then Bezos s--tcanned him for attending a Super Bowl party in SF right after firing the Sports staff at WaPo.
His hatchet work was done.

#4 | Posted by morris at 2026-02-09 04:40 PM

you people are, totally unsurprisingly grossly uninformed.

this entire collapse has to do with BEZOS wanting wapo to become real journalism
and cover more than just the radical leftist zealot position on everything.

----it began when Senator Tom Cotton ( R, Arkansas) was asked to do an opt-ed
and the radical zealot lying scum just couldn't stand for anything so "american"
and "journalistic"

#5 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-02-09 06:03 PM

this entire collapse has to do with BEZOS wanting wapo to become real journalism
and cover more than just the radical leftist zealot position on everything.
----it began when Senator Tom Cotton ( R, Arkansas) was asked to do an opt-ed
and the radical zealot lying scum just couldn't stand for anything so "american"
and "journalistic"

#5 | Posted by shrimptacodan

Best way to get journalism is to fire all the journalists and writers. Ask Fox News. Just do opinion fluff without any actual facts. Who needs news when you have people like Shrimp?

#6 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-02-10 11:19 AM

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