Jeff Bezos: Amazon founder gives Washington Post guidelines for opinion pages
Steering the Washington Post's opinion section in a "libertarian direction": Jeff Bezos
When Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post, there were warnings about conflicts of interest. Bezos made a commitment to the newspaper's editorial independence. Now he interferes noticeably often.
Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is taking more influence on the editorial work of his newspaper and is setting guidelines for the opinion pages. "I am writing to inform you of a change to our opinion pages," Bezos published a letter on the X platform that he had sent to the editorial team.
The traditional newspaper "Washington Post" has been owned by multi-billionaire Bezos since 2013. Before the US election in November, he decided against an already written recommendation for Donald Trump's opponent Kamala Harris, thereby triggering criticism within the editorial team and among readers.
At the beginning of the year, US cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize winner Ann Telnaes left the Washington Post in a dispute over one of her drawings. Other journalists also left the newspaper. In January, more than 400 Washington Post employees wrote a letter demanding a joint meeting with Bezos to discuss the newspaper's leadership. Bezos was one of the guests at the inauguration of US President Donald Trump.
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