Bezos says WaPo Opinion Section will Focus on 'personal liberties and free markets'

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Opinion Editor David Shipley decided to "step away" after Bezos offered him the chance to continue in his role but under this new editorial focus.

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Breaking News: The Washington Post's opinion editor is leaving as the newspaper's owner, Jeff Bezos, focuses the section on "personal liberties and free markets."

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) February 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM

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Pretty much what it does now...

#1 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-02-27 10:06 AM | Reply

" Pretty much what it does now...

#1 | POSTED BY RIGHTISTRITE AT 2025-02-27 10:06 AM | FLAG: "

Uh huh. That certainly explains the editor resigning and teeth gnashing by s9me on the left

#2 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-27 11:50 AM | Reply

An advertising conglomerate stopped advertising on X

Elon and Jim Jordan threatened to stop a planned merger by said advertising conglomerate.

Said advertising conglomerate returned to advertising on X.

We have arrived at authoritarianism.

#3 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-02-27 11:52 AM | Reply

The Washington Post support Personal Liberties*

*offer not valid for the opinion editor of the Washington Post

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-02-27 12:58 PM | Reply

An advertising conglomerate stopped advertising on X
Elon and Jim Jordan threatened to stop a planned merger by said advertising conglomerate.
Said advertising conglomerate returned to advertising on X.
We have arrived at authoritarianism.
#3 | POSTED BY TRUTHNLIES

Here's a 100% hypothetical scenario: Say a Big Tech CEO calls up a big ad agency and tells them it'd be a good idea to spend more money with his company. Because if they don't, he knows people in the US government ...

I know, I know. That would never happen.

Except that maybe it has been happening. And the person who is allegedly sending that message is Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of X.
www.businessinsider.com

#5 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-27 01:06 PM | Reply

Uh huh. That certainly explains the editor resigning and teeth gnashing by s9me on the left
#2 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Strange.

#6 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-27 01:07 PM | Reply

Nothing says LIBERTY like being forced to praise a dictator and his policies.

#7 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-02-27 01:15 PM | Reply

Uh huh. That certainly explains the editor resigning and teeth gnashing by s9me on the left

#2 | Posted by BellRinger

Instead of being bothered by the rise of corpo fascist authoritarianism, you mock the people who are bothered by it.

#8 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-02-27 01:16 PM | Reply

Personal liberties and free markets are corpo-fascism?

Wow. The real question is will Bezos make good on this change. I have serious doubts.

#9 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-27 01:29 PM | Reply

Personal liberties and free markets are corpo-fascism?

Wow. The real question is will Bezos make good on this change. I have serious doubts.

#9 | Posted by BellRinger

Newspaper owners censoring reporters to please a dictator is corpo fascism.

Is that good in your view? Does russia do things the right way?

#10 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-02-27 01:33 PM | Reply

"Personal liberties and free markets are corpo-fascism?"

Is he figuring it out? Not really?
Fret not, there's always the third Trump Administration for him to figure it out.

#11 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-02-27 01:34 PM | Reply