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As the Murdoch-alum editors start offering helpful entrenchment advice to Trump and firing opinion columnists, I have canceled my WaPo sub for the second and final time. I no longer feel that even their $29/year "bribe rate" is worth my soul. #WashingtonPost #DiedInDarkness @washingtonpost.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
phillip-rees.bsky.social
I'll be using my personal liberty and participate in a free market by taking my custom and attention elsewhere. It's what Bezos would want.

Sorry Will. I'll link to your stories again once you've moved.

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willoremus.com Will Oremus @willoremus.com · Feb 26
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos just emailed the paper's staff to announce a "change coming to our opinion pages."
I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning: I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. 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. There was a time when a newspaper, especially one that was a local monopoly, might have seen it as a service to bring to the reader’s doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all views. Today, the internet does that job. I am of America and for America, and proud to be so. Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America’s success has been freedom in the economic realm and everywhere else. Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — and practical — it drives creativity, invention, and prosperity. I offered David Shipley, whom I greatly admire, the opportunity to lead this new chapter. I suggested to him that if the answer wasn’t “hell yes,” then it had to be “no.” After careful consideration, David decided to step away. This is a significant shift, it won’t be easy, and it will require 100% commitment — I respect his decision. We’ll be searching for a new Opinion Editor to own this new direction. I’m confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America. I also believe these viewpoints are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion. I’m excited for us together to fill that void. Jeff
February 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM