Longime Washington Post Columnist Eugene Robinson is Leaving. He cied bezos’ new editorial policy – ryan

Washington Post Columnist Eugene Robinson is Leaving the NewsPaper, the Second Such Veteran to Exit in the Wake of Owner Jeff bezos’ directive that the post narrow the topics covered by its opinion section to personal liberties and the free market.

Robinson, 71, has worked at the post Since 1980 and been a columnist SINCE 2005, Winning a Pulitzer Prize for His Work Focus on the Election of Barack Obama as the First Black President in 2008.

In a memo to colleagues reported by the new york times on thighsday, Robinson Said the “Significant Shift” in the opinion of the mission HAD ENCOURED HIM THAT TO MOVE ON.

Last Month, Columnist Ruth Marcus, WHO HAD WORKED AT THE NEWSPAPER SINCE 1984, resigned AFTER SAID MANAGEMENT DECIDEED NOT TO RUN HER COMMETARY CRITICAL OF BEZOS ‘Policy. As the post has faced turmoil in the past year, it has enforced a policy of not liteting its staff members about internal matters.

The Newsper’s Opinion Editor, David Shipley, Also Resigned Because of the Shift in Focus.

In a message on x thighsday, Robinson Said that he was “retring from my longtime journalistic home but not from journalism” and would kep followers information of his next. Robinson appears regularly as a commentator on Msnbc’s “Morning Joe.”

He Begin his Journalism Career at the San Francisco Chronicle in the 1970s, and workhed a series at the post. He Covered City Hall in Washington, was a correspondent in London and South America, and was city editor, foreign editor and assistant managing editor.

In a Statement, The Washington Post Offered Congratulations to the “Beloved” Robinson Upon his Retirement.

“Eugene’s Strong Perspective and Impecable Integrity have regularly shaped out public discourse, Cementing his legacy as a leading voice in American Journalism,” The Post Said.

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