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A top 'Washington Post' columnist resigns, accusing publisher of killing piece

11:23am March 10, 2025

Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned, accusing the paper's publisher of killing her piece on owner Jeff Bezos' overhaul of its opinion pages.

Bezos' changes at 'Washington Post' lead to mass subscription cancellations — again

12:37pm February 28, 2025

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos's changes to the opinion pages have led subscribers to cancel in droves. It's the third wave of mass cancellations at the Post in just a few months.

Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit

3:06pm February 26, 2025

Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns the Post, says the newspaper's editorial section will publish columns only "in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."

Will Lewis' first year at 'Washington Post': Cancellations, red ink and an exodus

6:15pm January 15, 2025

Subscribers and star journalists have fled the Post in its first year under CEO and Publisher Will Lewis. Now staff have signed a petition asking owner Jeff Bezos to intervene.

Top 'Washington Post' editor kills article on deputy's departure

7:35pm December 09, 2024

Washington Post Acting Executive Editor Matt Murray killed a story about the departure of a veteran and popular editor for a senior position at the New York Times.

'Washington Post' columnists push back against non-endorsement decision

1:17pm October 26, 2024

In a joint column, 17 Post columnists called the paper's decision not to endorse a presidential candidate a "terrible mistake."

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Washington Post Fact Checker Says Rev. Rob Lee Is Not Related To Confederate General

4:10pm May 17, 2021

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All About the Story: News, Power, Politics, and the Washington Post, by Leonard Downie, Jr.

'All About The Story' Is A History Of Newspapering — And A Primer On Media Ethics

4:38am September 28, 2020

by Annalisa Quinn

Former Washington Post leader Len Downie is well-placed to offer a look at 50 years in news — but he also writes of times he had to weigh the public's right to know against national security.

Journalists wearing face masks — in an effort to protect against the coronavirus — gather for a news conference earlier this year in Beijing. Early Wednesday, China said it was planning to pull the press credentials of certain journalists employed by

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China Pulls Credentials From Journalists At 3 Major U.S. Publications

7:38pm March 17, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Beijing ordered certain staff at The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal to halt reporting inside China, in retaliation for a State Department move against Chinese outlets.

The phone of Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO and owner of The Washington Post, reportedly was hacked via a WhatsApp account owned by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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U.N. Urges Probe Of Reported Hacking Of Jeff Bezos' Phone By Saudi Arabia

5:50pm January 22, 2020

by Avie Schneider

U.N. human rights experts said they were gravely concerned by reports that a WhatsApp account held by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was used to hack The Washington Post owner's phone.

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