Washington post spiked media Critic Erik Wemple regarding the movement of owner Jeff Bezos in the repair opinion section: report

The Washington Post issued a column from her media critic for Jeff Bezos’s decision to reshape the editorial pages of the newspaper, which led to the resignation of the section editor, according to a report.

Erik Wemple had made an upper center of the founder of Amazon – seeking a focus on American values ​​such as “personal freedoms and free markets” – but his article was never published, according to Gene Pool newspaper.

Someone in the Washington Post who read the column described it in Gene Pool as “the most mystified and sad, then anger or terrified.”

Gene Weingarten, a satirical writer and former Washington Post columnist, wrote in his newspaper that he managed to WEMPle after noticing that the media critic did not have a published part analyzing the move.

“I called Eriku, whom I consider a friend, to ask if he was still planning to write. He said something I would not have heard before by him or any other media critic: No comment, not in or out of record,” Weeingarten wrote.

Wemple also “offered no suggestions,” according to Weingarten.

“No eyes or nudges, nothing. He apologized, but I fully understood it,” Wested Weeingarten, adding: “The atmosphere in the newsroom is mysmic, poisoned by fear and unbelief.”

A Washington Post spokesman was not immediately available for comment.

The Washington Post posted a story of Bezo’s announcement, which made the opinion editor David Shipley give up.

But, as Weingarten noted, the article does not include the mention of criticism by the previous and current staff, including former executive Marty Baron.

Baron slammed movement as a “betrayal of free expression” and that he was “terrified” by the decision.

Baron called Pivot Bezo a “betrayal of free expression”.

Critics argue that this shift undermines the newspaper’s tradition for different views and may reflect an attempt to approximate more closely with President Donald Trump, especially after Bezo’s intervention to prevent letters from adopting Kamala Harris in the 2024 elections.

However, supporters believe that this focus will ensure clarity and strengthen the essential values ​​of the paper.

Bezos said his decision derives from his belief that these views are under representation in current media discourse and that other media already offer a broad spectrum of perspectives.

Mogul wrote that he offered Shipley an opportunity to stay in his work and help in “this new chapter”, but that Shipley instead “decided to leave”.