WASHINGTON—Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos sent a wake-up call to Big Media Wednesday when he announced on X “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,” Bezos explained. “We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.”
Folks on the Left may want to believe the billionaire acted out of fear of President Donald Trump. Former Post editor Marty Baron called the Bezos announcement “craven” and proof the ultra-rich founder of Amazon is “fearful of Trump.”
The same charge was thrown at Bezos when The Washington Post declined to make an endorsement in the 2024 presidential election—an endorsement the Post’s liberal editorial board wanted to give to then-Vice President…
