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William Lindsey :toad:

As Parker Molloy reports, highly regarded Washingon Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned today, stating,

"With immense sadness I am writing to let you know that I have resigned from The Washington Post, in an email sent this morning to Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis and pasted below."


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readtpa.com/p/another-dark-day

The Present Age · Another Dark Day at the Bezos Post: Ruth Marcus Resigns After CensorshipBy Parker Molloy
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William Lindsey :toad:

"I am taking this step, after more than 40 years at The Post, following Will's decision to spike a column that I wrote expressing a concern about the newly announced direction for the section and declined to discuss the decision with me."

Molloy says,

"This is what happens when newspapers are run like authoritarian fiefdoms instead of journalistic institutions."


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William Lindsey :toad:

"What a perfect encapsulation of our media moment: a billionaire buys a storied newspaper, blocks endorsements, mandates coverage aligned with his ideology, and then silences anyone who dares question the new direction—all while claiming to champion "personal liberties."


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William Lindsey :toad:

Gene Weingarten notes that Ruth Marcus was also an Associate Editor of Washington Post, "and was so well thought of that when Opinions editor Fred Hiatt died suddenly in December 2021, she was appointed interim editor, along with Karen Tumulty."


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geneweingarten.substack.com/p/

The Gene Pool · Sigh, Vol. IXBy Gene Weingarten
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JoD

@wdlindsy when Bezos champions personal liberties he means his personal liberties.

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Martin Vermeer FCD

@jodmentum @wdlindsy Like Joseph Stalin's 'cult of personality' being the age of deepest disrespect for the inviolability of persons in modern Russian history

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Havyhh2

@wdlindsy I hope Ruth will publish the article they rejected that made her do the honorable thing....I'd like to read that....

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Sebastian "spaetz" Spaeth

@wdlindsy why yes. It's just HIS personal liberties ... 🤷‍♂️

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