Jeff Bezos, the proprietor of the The Washington Put up, introduced a significant shift to the newspaper’s opinion part on Wednesday, saying that it will now advocate for “private liberties and free markets” and never publish opposing viewpoints on these matters.
Mr. Bezos mentioned that the part’s editor, David Shipley, was leaving the paper in response to the change.
“I’m of America and for America, and proud to be so,” Mr. Bezos mentioned. “Our nation didn’t get right here by being typical. And an enormous a part of America’s success has been freedom within the financial realm and in all places else. Freedom is moral — it minimizes coercion — and sensible; it drives creativity, invention and prosperity.”
In his observe, Mr. Bezos mentioned that he had requested Mr. Shipley whether or not he wished to remain at The Put up, and Mr. Shipley declined.
“I prompt to him that if the reply wasn’t ‘hell sure,’ then it needed to be ‘no,’” Mr. Bezos wrote.
In a observe to opinion employees members, Mr. Shipley mentioned that he determined to step down “after reflection on how I can greatest transfer ahead within the career I like.”
“I’ll all the time be pleased about the chance I used to be given to work alongside a staff of opinion journalists whose dedication to robust, revolutionary, reported commentary impressed me each day,” Mr. Shipley wrote.
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