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"Journalism Deserves Better": Ex-Washington Post Staffers Slam Billionaire Bezos for Gutting Paper

2026-02-06 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The Washington Post has laid off more than 300 journalists, dismantling its sports, local news and international coverage. "Everybody is grieving, and it's a loss for our readers," says Nilo Tabrizy, one of the paper's recently laid-off staff, who describes a "robotic" meeting announcing the cuts. "They didn't have the dignity to look us in the eye." The shocking staff culling has been widely attributed to the paper's leadership under Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who bought the nearly 150-year-old institution in 2013. Karen Attiah, the former global opinion editor at the Post, was hired soon after Bezos's arrival. She recounts how the arrival of a billionaire backer initially revitalized the paper with resources and creative freedom, before souring over the next decade. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@VantuckyJim 2026-02-06

Where are the calls to boycott Amazon?

164 37 replies
@MartianTom 2026-02-06

Dump Amazon. Dump X. Dump Grok. Don't keep feeding the beast.

143 5 replies
@tonyrod4388 2026-02-06

How long will We, the people, take to realize that those who we are supporting are the ones getting ready to slay us? Are we sheeps?

120 20 replies
@WilliamPatrick-p4n 2026-02-08

The idiot wants someone to pay them for being FAILURES.

44 2 replies
@ArlanosHerbert 2026-02-07

'Compromised Newspaper Lays off High Share of Its Compromised Journalists.' No big deal. They'll find new masters to write lies for.

39 1 replies
@BarbaraGallo-bl3ti 2026-02-06

Going to do all articles with AI including sports. Amazon needs to be boycotted. Seriously boycotted for like six weeks at least.

32 5 replies
@JoeRetardedbiden 2026-02-06

Great day for the truth!

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@kimritchie5008 2026-02-08

Welcome to the real world

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@HaltdenKopfhoch 2026-02-06

Consider to publish on an uncensored platform. Build your own!

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@menudobucket9837 2026-02-06

When will you realize that you have nothing in common with the elite; not even your values?

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