I've said on a number of occasions (here most recently for example) that the Washington Post Editorial page is the 2nd worst editorial page in the nation.
Jeff Bezos has now announced that he wants it to be worse than the WSJ OP/ED page.
It's a heavy lift, but I think that he can do this.
Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Washington Post, announced a major shift to the newspaper’s opinion section on Wednesday, saying it would now advocate “personal liberties and free markets” and not publish opposing viewpoints on those topics.
Mr. Bezos said the section’s editor, David Shipley, was leaving the paper in response to the change.………
Mr. Bezos’ decision to curtail the scope of views on The Post’s opinion pages is a major departure from the newspaper’s decades-long approach to commentary and criticism. Under Mr. Shipley and his predecessor, Fred Hiatt, The Post has published a wide variety of views from the left and the right, including liberal stalwarts like David Ignatius and Ruth Marcus and conservative voices like George Will and Charles Krauthammer.
Umm....Ruth Marcus is a, "liberal stalwart?" This is a spelling of, "Relentlessly establishmentarian," that I was previously unaware of.
As to David Ignatius being a, "Liberal stalwart," he's the go to stooge for anything that the CIA wants ink on.
More New York Times both-sidesing rat-f%$#ery here, I guess.
Bezos and the phone hacking criminal who is Post Publisher have made assurances that this will not effect news reporting, but I'm pretty sure that this is a lie.
Even if it is not a lie, getting a regular opinion gig is a plum assignment for a reporter which would necessarily influence the reporting of any ambitious reporter.
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