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[The New Yorker]: Why I Left the Washington Post.
Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years. After the publisher killed my column disagreeing with that move—it appears here in full—I decided to quit. By Ruth Marcus, Wednesday, March 12, 2025
https://www.newyorker.com/news/essay/why-ruth-marcus-left-the-washington-post
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"#WashingtonPost columnist and Associate Editor #RuthMarcus, who has worked at the paper for four decades, says she can no longer stay there.
"Jeff's announcement that the opinion section will henceforth not publish views that deviate from the pillars of individual liberties and free markets threatens to break the trust of readers that columnists are writing what they believe,not what the owner has deemed acceptable," Marcus wrote in a resignation letter obtained by NPR."
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/10/nx-s1-5323136/washington-post-editor-ruth-marcus-resigns -
#WashingtonPost loses another great #ruthmarcus
Gift link to read about it (in the new york times of course).
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/business/media/washington-post-ruth-marcus-resigns.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3E4.WLHt.4K0fKVb7YeOF -
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."
#WashingtonPost #RuthMarcus #FreeSpeech #media #JeffBezos #billionaires #EconomicElites #Trump #authoritarianism
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"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."
#WashingtonPost #RuthMarcus #FreeSpeech #media #JeffBezos #billionaires #EconomicElites #Trump #authoritarianism
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"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."
#WashingtonPost #RuthMarcus #FreeSpeech #media #JeffBezos #billionaires #EconomicElites #Trump #authoritarianism
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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."
#WashingtonPost #RuthMarcus #FreeSpeech #media #JeffBezos #billionaires #EconomicElites #Trump #authoritarianism
/1https://www.readtpa.com/p/another-dark-day-at-the-bezos-post
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Columnist Ruth Marcus has quit the Washington Post, saying publisher Will Lewis killed an op-ed critical of Jeff Bezos' edict about the paper's opinion section. Lewis' decision "underscores that the traditional freedom of columnists to select the topics they wish to address and say what they think has been dangerously eroded," Marcus said. Here's more from @npr.
#News #Media #Journalism #RuthMarcus #WashingtonPost #WaPo #JeffBezos
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Longtime Washington Post Columnist Ruth Marcus Resigns, Says CEO Killed Her Piece Critical Of Owner Jeff Bezos
#News #Politics #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #JeffBezos #RuthMarcus #TheWashingtonPost #WillLewishttps://deadline.com/2025/03/ruth-marcus-washington-post-jeff-bezos-1236322034/
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Die Mitherausgeberin und Kolumnistin Ruth Marcus hat die Washington Post verlassen, nachdem sie sich geweigert hatte, eine Kolumne zu veröffentlichen, in der sie „respektvoll abweichend“ von den neuen Beschränkungen der Meinungsberichterstattung des Eigentümers Jeff Bezos war, berichten Ben Mullin von der New York Times und Max Tani von Semafor.
#herausgeberin #washingtonpost #zensur #ruthmarcus #jeffbezos #bezos #nyt #kolumne #pressefreiheit #presse
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Die Mitherausgeberin und Kolumnistin Ruth Marcus hat die Washington Post verlassen, nachdem sie sich geweigert hatte, eine Kolumne zu veröffentlichen, in der sie „respektvoll abweichend“ von den neuen Beschränkungen der Meinungsberichterstattung des Eigentümers Jeff Bezos war, berichten Ben Mullin von der New York Times und Max Tani von Semafor.
#herausgeberin #washingtonpost #zensur #ruthmarcus #jeffbezos #bezos #nyt #kolumne #pressefreiheit #presse
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Die Mitherausgeberin und Kolumnistin Ruth Marcus hat die Washington Post verlassen, nachdem sie sich geweigert hatte, eine Kolumne zu veröffentlichen, in der sie „respektvoll abweichend“ von den neuen Beschränkungen der Meinungsberichterstattung des Eigentümers Jeff Bezos war, berichten Ben Mullin von der New York Times und Max Tani von Semafor.
#herausgeberin #washingtonpost #zensur #ruthmarcus #jeffbezos #bezos #nyt #kolumne #pressefreiheit #presse
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Die Mitherausgeberin und Kolumnistin Ruth Marcus hat die Washington Post verlassen, nachdem sie sich geweigert hatte, eine Kolumne zu veröffentlichen, in der sie „respektvoll abweichend“ von den neuen Beschränkungen der Meinungsberichterstattung des Eigentümers Jeff Bezos war, berichten Ben Mullin von der New York Times und Max Tani von Semafor.
#herausgeberin #washingtonpost #zensur #ruthmarcus #jeffbezos #bezos #nyt #kolumne #pressefreiheit #presse
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A dangerous, damaging civil war at the #Justice Department
“What’s going on is nothing short of a civil war inside the Justice Department, a battle over whether its lawyers are going to serve as the obedient shock troops for President Donald #Trump or as custodians of the rule of #law, with simultaneous duties to defer to policy determinations of the incumbent administration & to respect professional standards.”
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TY #ruthmarcus "And speaking of Trump’s rhetoric, Merchan had some choice words on that, again worth heeding and valuable to have on the record. Trump, contending that his 'contributions to this City and the Nation are too numerous to count,' asserted that his public service and character should weigh as important factors in dismissing the charges.
Merchan wasn’t buying — and he turned Trump’s claims of exemplary character on their head."'Defendant has gone to great lengths to broadcast on social media and other forums his lack of respect for judges, juries, grand juries and the justice system as a whole,' he wrote.
“'In the case at bar, despite repeated admonitions, this Court was left with no choice but to find the Defendant guilty of 10 counts of Contempt.'
"His conclusion?
"'Defendant’s character and history vis-a-vis the Rule of Law and the Third Branch of government must be analyzed under this factor in direct relation to the result he seeks, and in that vein, it does not weigh in his favor.'”
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@MariaHill @PamelaBarroway @TonyStark. I hear you. I canceled my WaPo subscription a few months ago. One too many "both sides" plus "horse race" articles plus #GeorgeWill and #RuthMarcus (has she changed her tune about the lack of merit regarding the election interference case?) pushed me over the edge. Even so, it wasn't a decision I made lightly and I still do miss some of its reporting; for example, the articles on inadequate nursing home care/assisted living were very, very good.
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@realjuddlegum.
thank you for this excellent, concise piece that not only explains the seriousness of the #election interference case (aka the hush money case, which is more salacious-sounding and therefore used more often) but the incorrect arguments, offered by some #lawyers & #media (this coverage contributed to my dropping the #WashingtonPost, I believe it was a #RuthMarcus piece poo-pooing the case) about its seriousness (buttressed of course by calling it the hush money case). -
excellent, concise piece that not only explains the seriousness of the #election interference case (aka the hush money case, which is more salacious-sounding and therefore used more often) but the incorrect arguments, offered by some #lawyers and #media (this coverage contributed to my dropping the #WashingtonPost, I believe it was a #RuthMarcus piece poo-pooing the case) about the seriousness of the case (buttressed of course by calling it the hush money case).
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Ruth Marcus: there is no such thing as “too many indictments.” One indicts to charge the crimes committed. WTF?!?
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He’s unfairly burdened millions of Americans. If he is burdened, it is perfectly fair. In fact no burden we can impose on him could possibly be enough to achieve justice
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#RuthMarcus #WaPo #indictment #media