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Washington Post editor resigns after accusing CEO of killing column
Ruth Marcus, a columnist and associate editor, said she had no choice as the paper's traditional press freedoms have "dangerously eroded" at the Post.
Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned Monday after accusing the paper's CEO and publisher of killing her column criticizing owner Jeff Bezos' latest editorial edict. In a resignation letter to Bezos and CEO William Lewis, Marcus said "independent judgement" is no longer in play at The Post opinion section and new editorial policies will "break the trust of readers that columnists are writing what they believe, and not what the owners has deemed acceptable." Bezos, the Amazon founder who purchased the venerable publication in 2013, told the staff last month that the opinion section would take a radical turn by "writing every day in support and defense” of “personal liberties and free markets."
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