Top 'Washington Post' editor kills article on deputy's departure

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5. I have been a longtime WaPo subscriber but will cancel the subscription next year when it expires.

I started seeing concerning changes after Bezos bought the Post, nothing big at first but definitely slanting more to the right. Later came the hiring of new opinion writers, several of them from Murdoch’s vicious WSJ writers. The Post absolutely excoriated Biden day after day for the Afghanistan pullout and refused to let it drop long after other media did. In addition, their coverage was slanted to Biden making all the mistakes without mentioning Trump’s role in freeing 5,000 Taliban fighters—the very ones who killed US soldiers during the evacuation and took over the government.

With Murdoch’s Lewis now at the head, the Trump toadying is getting serious. This may be my imagination, but I think even known critics of Trump (like Eugene Robinson and Jennifer Rubin) are writing less criticism of Trump, though some is still there, and more general opinions about what Democrats should be doing. If this is the case, I suspect they’re being told to tone down any Trump criticism.

Another big thing I’ve noticed is that the comments have been taken over by MAGA. I used to enjoy reading the comments because a lot of people posted intelligent comments that helped broaden my knowledge. Some of that still happens, but there’s a lot more gloating, Biden bashing, nasty comments about Harris, and repeating of utter lies.

It’s sad to see a once great paper become another Republican mouthpiece.