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Journalist Respond To Change At The Washington Post
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Journalist Respond To Change At The Washington Post

Liberal America, you brought this on yourselves. The realignment you’re witnessing—the slow but undeniable shift in institutions, public opinion, and major players in the media—is happening because your agenda is unhinged, suffocatingly anti-freedom, and fundamentally wrong. You pushed too far. You refused to debate. You smeared anyone who disagreed. And now, even The Washington Post—the liberal stronghold that’s spent years running cover for your nonsense—is changing course.

Jeff Bezos made the announcement this morning, and let’s just say the reactions have been nothing short of spectacular. His note to Post staff laid it out plainly:

"We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.”

That sound you hear? That’s the collective shriek of the Post’s deeply entrenched left-wing staff realizing that their ideological monopoly has been shattered. Bezos acknowledged that, once upon a time, a newspaper like The Washington Post might have seen its job as presenting a range of opinions. But today, the internet does that job just fine. The Post is picking a side—and it’s not the side of big government, censorship, and economic stagnation.

This isn’t a small shift. This is seismic. Bezos is outright saying that The Washington Post is now planting its flag in defense of free markets and personal liberty. He even admitted what conservatives have known for years: these viewpoints have been aggressively sidelined in mainstream media. Now, the Post—yes, The Washington Post—is stepping in to fill that void.

The fallout was immediate. David Shipley, the Post’s Opinion Editor, decided to step down instead of leading the charge into this new, pro-freedom era. Bezos made it clear—this wasn’t going to be a half-measure. He needed someone fully on board. Shipley wasn’t that guy, so he’s out. Whoever takes his place is going to have a mandate: defend free markets, defend personal liberties, and stop catering to the woke mob.

And let’s be clear—this isn’t just Bezos pulling some random stunt. The Post is struggling. Years of biased, activist journalism, combined with an entitled, tantrum-throwing newsroom, have driven readership into the ground. The woke brigade ruined a bad situation with their incessant whining, their illiberalism, and their refusal to engage with reality. Bezos, a businessman to his core, saw the writing on the wall.

This shift won’t happen overnight, and the left-wing dead weight still clinging to their jobs at the Post will resist it every step of the way. But the message has been sent: the era of unchallenged leftist dominance in major media is cracking. Even one of the most entrenched outlets in the country is admitting that it needs to change—or collapse.

For years, liberal elites assumed they could push their agenda without consequence. They silenced dissent, censored opposition, and peddled outright lies—from the Russian collusion hoax to the Hunter Biden laptop cover-up (Philip Bump, I’m looking at you). They believed their ideological empire was untouchable.

Written by Arthur Higgens - February 27, 2025