The Murder of The Washington Post
I spent more than forty years at the Post , as a reporter, an editor, an editorial writer, and a columnist. I resigned last March, after Bezos announced that the Opinions section, where I worked, would henceforth be concentrating on the twin pillars of “personal liberties and free markets.” More alarming, Bezos advised, “Viewpoints opposing those... See more
How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post
Jenkins, who was in California covering Super Bowl week for the Atlantic , has spent a career studying what accounts for the difference between winning teams and losing ones. Bezos, she said, had been generous with his money and laudable for never interfering in the work of the newsroom. But, she added, “making money at journalism, you have to... See more
How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post
At stake is not just the future of a 240 year old newspaper, The Observer, the Sunday sister of the Guardian, it’s also the integrity and values of the Guardian and the future media landscape of a fractured and dangerous world.
I’ve always believed what I was told, that the Guardian was different to other news organisations. It’s owned, not by a... See more
I’ve always believed what I was told, that the Guardian was different to other news organisations. It’s owned, not by a... See more