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The Washington Post has encountered talent exodus in recent months, and the remaining staff, especially in the opinion section, are on pins and needles waiting to see where “democracy dies in the dark”.
Billionaire owner Jeff Bezos has regularly imprisoned current and former employees since he has stopped the editorial page from former vice president Kamal Harris approval in 2024, encouraging several employees to leave the paper. His latest high -profile decision put forward the editor of the opinion section, David Schiplie through the door and put the unit in Limbo until the replacement was named, the employee told Fox News Digital.
In the end, the Post staff believes that it is not the best time to work in the document opinion section, and you are not sure whether Bezosa’s relationship with President Donald Trump will influence the one who replaces Schiplia.
Employees also believe that things have not been quite the same since the death of Fred Hiatt, a valuable editor -in -chief of the editor of 2021. At that time, Dan Kennedy, a professor of journalism at the Northeast University, wrote that Hiatt’s unexpected pass marked “the end of a significant stability period at the top of Washington’s postal head.”
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In the Washington Post owner Jeff Bezosa’s change in the opinion section, David Schiplie, the editor of the section was squeezed out the door. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post using Getty Images; Saul Loeb/AFP using Getty Images)
“Significant Stability” is definitely not the term that Post employees would use today to describe their place of employment.
Hiast, who was on paper before being taken over, was eventually replaced by Schipley after several months in the process of seeing the paper opinion section without the leader in the first half of 2022.
The staff of the opinion section are currently frustrated that they have been working with long interrogation just three years ago, and now they are doing it again.
Bezos said in February that Schipley had decided to resign when Amazon’s founder was moving to a major change in the post opinion section.
“We will write every day to support and defend two pillars: personal freedom and free market. We will, of course, look at other topics, but the viewpoints that oppose these pillars will be left to publish others,” Bezoss wrote on xannouncing the decision.
Bezos said that Schipley was offered the opportunity to continue to lead the opinion section and rejected. Now the views section staff are aware that it takes quite a bit of time to ask for applicants and interviews such a high level of position and that the staff are concerned that they will either be without a leader in another extended period, or the urgency of the process will lead to another transition in the near future.
After Bezos’ decision not to support Harris, 11 at recognition for journalists wrote announcement Calling a “terrible mistake”. This decision also stopped both liberal staff and readers, but Bezos has repeatedly defended this decision.
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The Washington Post Opinion Section Editor David Sheplie retreated in February. (Jabins Botsford/The Washington Post using Getty Images)
Eyebrows inside the post were raised even more since the election day as Bezos visited Mar-A-Lago and visited Trump’s inaugurationpointing to their one -time relationship has so far healed.
Trump said in a recent interview with Outkick’s Clay Travis that Bezos despised some of his own newspaper staff as “crazy people”.
The longtime Washington Post reporter Paul Farhi left paper in 2023, but closely follows his former employer and believes that moral issues are big.
“Bezos is a great disappointment and widespread suspicions and concerns about his relationship with Trump,” Farchi told Fox News Digital.
“It is still unclear how Bezosa’s editorial pages will be played-no more pro-trump, though also dominant suspicions,” Farhi added. “In my opinion, moral is still terrible.”
The Washington Post refused to comment on “Personnel Updates,” but noted the recent opinion section’s recent series of recognition, including the Goldmit Opening Award for explaining reports.
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Lauren Sánchez and Jeff visit President Donald Trump’s inauguration in the US Capital Rotunda 2025 January 20, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP using Getty Images)
While the opinion section is waiting for a new manager, other departments have bleed both money and talent.
The Wall Street Journal reported in January that “lost about $ 100 million” in 2024, when subscriptions and Advent rose rapidly on paper. The paper is See also redundant And the best journalists, including Philip Rucker, Josh Dawey, Ashley Parker, Michael Sherer, Tyler Pager, Hannah Allam and Matea Gold.
Also, long -time liberal journalist Evgeny Robinson left paper on Thursday, marking the latest high -level exit. Another liberal journalist, Jennifer Rubina, escaped from office earlier this year, protesting against Bezos.
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The cartoonist of the post Pulitzer Award Ann Telnes resigned from paper after her boss rejected her illustration depicting Bezosa, which disappointed Trump. The colonist of the opinion, Ruth Markus, recently announced that she was leaving paper after 40 years, referring to Bezos plans to transform the opinion section.
Marcus said Bezoss and other technology tycoon that participated in the inauguration were similar to being Trophy’s “trophies”.
President Donald Trump speaks to his opening speech during the 60th Presidential inauguration in the US Capitol Rotunda Washington, Monday, 2025 on January 20, 2025. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Pool through Reuters)
“His presence on the opening platform provided Trump’s support message that I can now say was inappropriate,” Marcus wrote New YorkerIn the area
Farhi said the “bright side” is that the post has “made outstanding reports” on Trump and Doge leader Elon Musk’s efforts to limit government spending.
Farhi has noticed that Bezos and CEO, Will Lewis, have refrained from “intervention” in direct new coatings and that Trump has not criticized work on social media, which was common practice during his first administration.
“It is possible that Bezos has come to a kind of ceasefire with Trump, but at the high cost of his integrity and integrity,” Farhi said.
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Fox News Digital’s Hannah PanReck, Rachel del Guidice and Joseph A. Wulfohhn participated in this report.
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