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Why is the Washington Post cratering so spectacularly?

To understand the change in Washington Post’s fortunes, it is worth comparing its demise to the New York Times’s trajectory

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As goes the Washington Post: US democracy takes another hit under Trump

Jeff Bezos’s axing of more than 300 jobs at the storied newspaper has renewed fears about the resilience of America’s democracy to withstand Trump’s attacks

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From Watergate to watered-down: Every Indian journalist should read this piece

The Washington Post – WaPo for short – has inspired journalists of several generations, thanks in part to Hollywood. Two Oscar-nominated movies have been made about the paper and its people. The first was All the President’s Men, based on the story of how the paper broke the mother of…

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Mass layoffs fuel fears of ‘death spiral’ at Washington Post

On Wednesday, storied newspaper axed nearly one-third of company after earlier unpopular moves by owner Jeff Bezos

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‘Bloodbath’ at Washington Post as one-third of staff laid off by Jeff Bezos

About 300 journalists in the newsroom are expected to lose their jobs as part of a ‘broad strategic reset’

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‘A cocktail for a misinformed world’: why China and Russia are cheering Trump’s attacks on media

Today on World Press Freedom Day, there are warnings that US attempts to withdraw from promoting independent journalism will have far-reaching effects

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‘I feel really, really cross at incredibly dumb decisions’: Stephen Sackur on the end of HARDtalk – and leaving the BBC

For 19 years he has held the powerful to account on a show that attracts huge audiences around the world. Now it is over. He discusses his anger with management, his pride in his team – and what he’ll do next

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Ex-Washington Post editor Marty Baron rebukes Bezos: ‘betrayal of free expression’

Lauded former editor ‘appalled’ by billionaire newspaper owner’s overhaul of opinion section to narrow focus

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Melania’s $40m Amazon deal: another sign Bezos is capitulating to Donald Trump

Sadly, the Amazon-Melania deal has much the same flavor as the rest of Trump appeasement moves – not just by Bezos but by others of his ilk

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Here’s how the American press can survive four years of Trump

The media will be under siege, but former Washington Post editor Marty Baron has some ideas for what journalists can do

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Jeff Bezos Has Only Posted Twice On X This Year, Both About Donald Trump—Here's What He Said

Jeff Bezos praised and congratulated President Trump after his re-election, despite earlier tensions with him.

International Business Times UK

What is the history of newspaper endorsements and can they swing elections?

The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times are at the centre of a heated debate about endorsement and press freedom.

Al Jazeera

Jeff Bezos defends decision to end Washington Post endorsements

After resignations and loss of subscribers, billionaire owner pens piece saying endorsements create ‘perception of bias’

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In Uncertain US Election, Two Prestige Papers Refuse To Pick Sides

Days ahead of a close presidential election, two of the most prestigious liberal American newspapers have declined to give their usual endorsements to the Democratic Party candidate, sparking furious reactions.

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Two of the US’s biggest newspapers have refused to endorse a presidential candidate. This is how democracy dies

In February 2017, as Donald Trump took office, The Washington Post adopted the first slogan in its 140-year history: Democracy Dies in Darkness.

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Washington Post cartoon team skewers paper’s decision not to make endorsement

Paper has been pilloried for what some call ‘anticipatory obedience’ in preparation of a new president next year

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The Washington Post and LA Times refused to endorse a candidate. Why?

There’s no way to see this decision other than as an appalling display of cowardice and a dereliction of their public duty

Salon

Billionaires have broken our media

If democracy dies in darkness, why won’t the Post pick a preferred presidential candidate?

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Bezos cancels Kamala Harris endorsement

An endorsement for Harris was already drafted when paper announced it would no longer endorse for president

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If the Washington Post is to fly again, its journalists must share the cockpit

New publisher Will Lewis’s heavy-handed moves alienated a great staff

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A house divided: 2023 in US politics books, before Trump v Biden part II

The age of the Trump blockbuster may be past but the American political scene keeps producing good reads

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How should the media cover Trump and Biden in 2024? One man has an answer

What have journalists learned from covering the 2016 and 2020 elections? How can we do better? We asked the man who led The Washington Post through the Trump presidency.

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‘He loves this’: Trump takes 2024 campaign to the courtroom

Legal woes that would destroy most candidates have become a defining feature of his campaign – and some say it might work

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Collision of Power review: Marty Baron on Bezos, the Post and Trump

The great editor has tales to tell and a message to deliver: the US press must be ready to hold the line once again

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Jared Kushner pressured Washington Post to fire editor over Russia, book says

Marty Baron says Trump’s son-in-law leaned on Post publisher to withdraw support of Russia election interference investigation

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