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jackhutton 🇺🇸<p>[The New Yorker]: Why I Left the Washington Post.</p><p>Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years. After the publisher killed my column disagreeing with that move—it appears here in full—I decided to quit. By Ruth Marcus, Wednesday, March 12, 2025 </p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/essay/why-ruth-marcus-left-the-washington-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/news/essay/why-r</span><span class="invisible">uth-marcus-left-the-washington-post</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/washingtonpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>washingtonpost</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/freedomofthepress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedomofthepress</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ruthmarcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruthmarcus</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/jeffbezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jeffbezos</span></a></p>
aproitz<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> may die in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Darkness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Darkness</span></a>, but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheWashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWashingtonPost</span></a> died in broad <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Daylight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daylight</span></a> !!<br>Die <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Demokratie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Demokratie</span></a> mag in der <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dunkelheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dunkelheit</span></a> sterben, aber die Washington Post starb jetzt im hellen <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tageslicht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tageslicht</span></a> !</p><p>»<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a>«: Kolumnistin <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RuthMarcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuthMarcus</span></a> kündigt aus <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> zu <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a> und <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WillLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WillLewis</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DERSPIEGEL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DERSPIEGEL</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/washington-post-kolumnistin-ruth-marcus-kuendigt-aus-protest-zu-jeff-bezos-und-will-lewis-a-df7dd591-22f9-4bfb-9fc8-4c5291d580ad" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">spiegel.de/kultur/washington-p</span><span class="invisible">ost-kolumnistin-ruth-marcus-kuendigt-aus-protest-zu-jeff-bezos-und-will-lewis-a-df7dd591-22f9-4bfb-9fc8-4c5291d580ad</span></a></p>
Darren<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> loses another great <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ruthmarcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruthmarcus</span></a> </p><p>Gift link to read about it (in the new york times of course). <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/business/media/washington-post-ruth-marcus-resigns.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3E4.WLHt.4K0fKVb7YeOF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/10/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/media/washington-post-ruth-marcus-resigns.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3E4.WLHt.4K0fKVb7YeOF</span></a></p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>Columnist Ruth Marcus has quit the Washington Post, saying publisher Will Lewis killed an op-ed critical of Jeff Bezos' edict about the paper's opinion section. Lewis' decision "underscores that the traditional freedom of columnists to select the topics they wish to address and say what they think has been dangerously eroded," Marcus said. Here's more from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@npr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>npr</span></a></span>.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/DIsxm1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/DIsxm1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/RuthMarcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuthMarcus</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaPo</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>A dangerous, damaging civil war at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> Department</p><p>- <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuthMarcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuthMarcus</span></a></p><p>“What’s going on is nothing short of a civil war inside the Justice Department, a battle over whether its lawyers are going to serve as the obedient shock troops for President Donald <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> or as custodians of the rule of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>, with simultaneous duties to defer to policy determinations of the incumbent administration &amp; to respect professional standards.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <br><a href="https://wapo.st/4hZcbbW" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/4hZcbbW</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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