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March 11, 2025

Longtime Washington Post Writer Resigns After Publisher Denies Piece Critical of Bezos
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Washington Post columnist and associate editor Ruth Marcus has resigned
after more than four decades at the newspaper, alleging censorship.
Marcus wrote in a resignation note that CEO and publisher Will Lewis
barred publication of her column critical of billionaire owner Jeff
Bezos and his announcement that opinion pieces in the Post would
henceforth focus on "personal liberties and free markets." Marcus's
resignation comes just weeks after Pulitzer Prize-winning political
cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit to protest a rejected cartoon showing
billionaires - including Jeff Bezos - genuflecting to Trump.


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