Yesterday, if you were a default reactionary or a knee-jerk opposition activist – that is to say, a hyper-liberal leftist – you would have thought journalism had been crippled and the First Amendment was lying in tatters. Social media was awash in outrage from the elitist media circles all because a publisher had the audacity to come forward with a new guidance for his newspaper. The newspaper he owns, I seem to need to remind many.
As we covered, Jeff Bezos came out with a statement concerning a new direction he intends to see in the opinion pages of his publication, The Washington Post. He wants to mold that section into one that is focused more on two elements: Personal Liberties and Free Markets. Here is the main thrust of his intentions:
We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets….
