A rival journalist has torched Jeff Bezos for ordering sweeping layoffs at the Washington Post as his own personal fortune soars into the hundreds of billions.
Veteran White House reporter Peter Baker, who worked for more than 20 years at the Washington Post before making the jump to the New York Times, railed against the cuts announced Wednesday, which eliminated around 800 journalists, or around a third of the newsroom.
“No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what’s happening today at the @washingtonpost is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it’s the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society,” the New York Times’ chief White House correspondent wrote on X.
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