[Brad Reed at RawStory]

This is incredibly disappointing to see:

"David Shipley, who has spent the last two-and-a-half years running the Washington Post's editorial page, has stepped down from his position over new demands being made by Post owner Jeff Bezos.

In a letter sent out to staff members obtained by New York Times media reporter Ben Mullin, Bezos said that Shipley stepped down because he could not go along with Bezos's plan to ban editorials in his paper that were critical of "personal liberties and free markets," which he described as "two pillars" of American society."

It's a bizarre change for a few reasons:

1. It's not like opinion columns in favor of "personal liberties and free markets" are in short supply in American media
2. This is exactly the Wall Street Journal's positioning
3. It's likely to further alienate the Post's flailing readership.

American media is already overwhelmingly conservative; another libertarian organ is hardly going to make a difference to American readers. Instead, this likely has more to do with Bezos wanting to win contracts and favor with the current administration. Just like the bad old days.

#Media

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