Opinion: Why This Man Proves Jeff Bezos Doesn’t Care About the Washington Post

The Washington Post is shrinking and sinking, and fast. Amid continuing losses, the news organization is wrapping up its second employee buyout in 18 months.

This one will clear out about three dozen of its most accomplished reporters, editors and opinion columnists (Jonathan Capehart, Catherine Rampell, David Von Drehle). This is a trend, unfortunately: In January, the Post laid off about 100 people on its business side, about 4 percent of its workforce. A buyout at the end of 2023 shooed away about 240 people, or 10 percent of its business and news staffs (including me).

The enfeebling of one of the world’s great news organizations is a small tragedy, a loss for democracy and the marketplace of ideas. It’s also a promising development for the tyrants and frauds the Post has historically exposed.

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