Washington Submit proprietor Jeff Bezos introduced on Wednesday that the paper’s opinion part would not publish contributions that run opposite to ideas historically aligned with the conservative motion, the Republican Occasion, and President Donald Trump.
Bezos introduced the choice in a social media put up that was additionally despatched to staffers on the Submit.
“We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others,” he wrote.
Bezos stated it was not the job of the paper “to bring to the reader’s doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all views,” and that “the internet does that job.”
Bezos additionally revealed that the part’s editor, David Shipley, had left the paper out of disagreement with the rightward shift of the opinion part.
Traditionally, the Submit has revealed opinions from each the left and the appropriate, although the editorial voice of the paper usually was aligned with the conservative viewpoint, together with the paper’s advocacy for the U.S. invading Iraq in 2003.
The brand new editorial coverage was praised by the Trump administration. Steven Cheung, the White Home communications director, posted an animated GIF of the Grinch smiling in response to Bezos’ put up.
The One Franklin Sq. Constructing, dwelling of The Washington Submit newspaper, in downtown Washington, D.C., on Feb. 21, 2019
The White Home has in current days acted to hinder media protection of the administration. The Related Press and HuffPost have each been barred from reporting on White Home occasions, and White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt introduced the Trump crew would select which retailers—leaning to the appropriate—are allowed to cowl the White Home. Historically, that has been the choice of the unbiased White Home Correspondents’ Affiliation.
The Submit shift is one other occasion of Bezos currying favor with Trump and the appropriate. The outlet misplaced contributors Jennifer Rubin and Ann Telnaes after it declined to publish a cartoon from Telnaes crucial of Bezos and spiked an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. Subscriptions have additionally reportedly declined following the Submit’s pro-Trump actions.
Bezos, who grew to become a multibillionaire main Amazon, donated to Trump’s inauguration committee and obtained a outstanding seat close to the entrance for the inauguration occasion.
One other monetary tie between Bezos and Trump was revealed after Amazon introduced in January that it had paid off Melania Trump for rights to a documentary about her life.
Conservatives have lengthy promoted the falsehood that the media is “liberal,” however with these new strikes, the proof exhibits that the parable is totally lifeless.
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