Eugene Robinson — a veteran opinion columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner — is leaving the Washington Submit, and if this doesn’t upset you, you haven’t been paying consideration.
There was a time when folks fought again in opposition to fascism; now, plainly everyone seems to be standing in line to kiss the fascist ring.
President Trump has lengthy been an opponent of “liberal” media, usually calling information that’s essential of his dumb decision-making and lack of presidency process “faux information.” As an alternative of mainstay information organizations holding the road and holding the president’s ft aflame, spineless billionaire Jeff Bezos, who added the Washington Submit to his portfolio of “all issues white” –– significantly, the person owns Amazon, the Washington Submit, and Complete Meals –– bent the knee.
Earlier this 12 months, Bezos made modifications to the Washington Submit opinion part, which had largely operated independently from the newspaper.
“We’re going to be writing each day in assist and protection of two pillars: private liberties and free markets,” Bezos stated. “…viewpoints opposing these pillars will likely be left to be revealed by others.”
“There was a time when a newspaper, particularly one which was an area monopoly, may need seen it as a service to carry to the reader’s doorstep each morning a broad-based opinion part that sought to cowl all views,” Bezos stated. “In the present day, the web does that job.”
When you’ve got hassle following that phrase salad, don’t fear. I’ll run the sentiment by my trusty phrase salad decoder to carry you a message that’s hopefully simpler to grasp.
“I like cash. President Trump loves cash. President Trump has extra energy than me. Due to this fact, I like President Trump. The Washington Submit will not be essential of President Trump.”
And that blanket lovefest for a fascist dictator who refuses to observe legislation or order was simply an excessive amount of for longtime Washington Submit columnist Eugene Robinson, who introduced Thursday that he was leaving the newspaper after 45 years.
“I needed to let you recognize that I’ve determined to depart the Submit,” Robinson wrote in an e mail to Submit workers that was obtained by the New York Instances. “The introduced ‘vital shift’ in our part’s mission has spurred me to determine that it’s time for my subsequent chapter. I want nothing however the easiest for the paper and for all of you. I gained’t be a stranger, and I’ll be studying your unparalleled work each single day.”
The Instances notes that Robinson is the third Submit staffer to depart the paper since Bezos admitted that he was transferring to the darkish facet.
“Ex-opinion editor David Shipley give up as quickly as Bezos introduced his revamp, and veteran WaPo columnist Ruth Marcus left in March, after she stated writer Will Lewis ‘spiked’ a column ‘expressing concern’ over proprietor Bezos’ new path for the opinion part,” the Instances stories.
Robinson started writing for the Submit opinion part in 2005 and gained the Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for his 2008 columns on then senator Barack Obama and his run for the White Home.
However we needed to know that none of this was going to final when President Trump brazenly praised the Submit proprietor, noting that Bezos is making an attempt to “do an excellent job,” BBC Information notes.
*Vomit*
“For 45 years, his reporting and commentary spanned continents and beats, incomes numerous recognitions, together with a Pulitzer Prize,” the Submit stated in a press release. “Eugene’s robust perspective and impeccable integrity have commonly formed our public discourse, cementing his legacy as a number one voice in American journalism.”
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