"The Washington Post is dying not in darkness but by the light of noon, and by its own hand. Over the past few months, the Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos, has shed a large part of the paper’s workforce, asserted control over the management of its newsroom, spiked a presidential endorsement for the first time in the paper’s history, and driven out some of its best writers and editors."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/bezos-restrictions-editorial-independence/681878/
#Bezos #WaPo #journalism #media #Trump #poltics
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/bezos-restrictions-editorial-independence/681878/
#Bezos #WaPo #journalism #media #Trump #poltics
The Washington Post Is Dying a Death of Despair
The demise of an independent press in the United States might not look much like what readers expect.George Packer (The Atlantic)