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Longtime Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson is leaving. He cited Bezos' new editorial policy (apnews.com)

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Robinson, 71, has worked at the Post since 1980 and been a columnist since 2005, winning a Pulitzer Prize for his work focused on the election of Barack Obama as the nation’s first Black president in 2008.

In a memo to colleagues reported by The New York Times on Thursday, Robinson said the “significant shift” in the opinion section’s mission had encouraged him that it was time to move on.

Last month, columnist Ruth Marcus, who had worked at the newspaper since 1984, resigned after she said management decided not to run her commentary critical of Bezos’ policy. As the Post has faced turmoil in the past year, it has enforced a policy of not letting its staff members write about internal matters.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Why don't all these independent journalists just come together and form their own news organization

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Because someone has to pay them so they can make a living doing it, and the public are very reluctant to pay for news.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Every time we complain about the pay walls and (demand that someone) paste the full article text then we're making journalists beholden to people like Bezos. Wife and I used to subscribe to WaPo and NYT. Now it's Wired and NYT.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Because every news wants to be "balanced" giving a voice to "both" sides.

News used to be more selective and actually INFORM you about an issue, instead of just letting two sides spew bullshit back and forth.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They sorta did.. they called it ProPublica. Although they focus on investigative journalism and publish their work through other outlets rather than publishing the news themselves.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

They have. The Intercept, 404 Media, The Breach, etc.

Here's a list of American and Canadian independent media.

https://www.trustworthymedia.org/list-of-independent-media/