Washington Post editor Ruth Marcus resigns after column criticizing chief Jeff Bezos Spiked

A long editor in Washington Post is resigning from the newspaper after a last column “respectfully with respect by” owner Jeff Bezos of his opinion section was released from his senior executive in publication, according to a report.

Ruth Marcus, columnist of opinions who has been in the Washington Post decades, wrote a resignation letter to Bezos and Ceo Will Lewis, according to the New York Times media reporter Ben Mulli, who posted on his X account on Monday.

“Will’s decision not to execute the column I wrote respectfully by being opposed by Jeff’s edict-what I have not experienced in almost two decades of writing columns-nine that traditional columnists’ freedom to choose the topics they want to address and say what they think has been destroyed,” Bezos and Lewis.

Marcus wrote that Bezo’s arrangement of the opinion section “threatens to break readers’ confidence that columnists are writing what they believe, not what the owner has considered acceptable.”

During her career in the Washington Post, the left Marcus has covered legal affairs, politics and politics. She also served as deputy editor of the editorial site and is known for her analysis of the Supreme Court’s decisions and political affairs.

Marcus’s resignation comes while Washington Post is reported to be undergoing a major reorganization of the newsroom aimed at expanding the coverage and attracting a wider audience, according to a memorandum by executive editor Matt Murray.

As part of the regulation, the national roundtable will be divided into two sections: one dedicated to national reporting and another focused on politics and government, according to the AXIOS news site.

The latter will include most political postal journalists and absorb the business team and business section economic policies.

Meanwhile, a newly formed department will combine business reporting, technology, health, science and climate.

Murray also announced efforts to prioritize digital content, naming old editors for enhancing audiences and visual images in each department.

A dedicated printed leader will oversee the newspaper, separating it from digital operations.

Accepting the possible challenges, Murray admitted, “may not be for everyone”, but stressed that recreation is indispensable as the post adapts to financial battles and declining reading.

New York Post has been looking for comment from The Washington Post. Marcus was not immediately available for comment.

Marcus is the latest post of high profile to remove from the newspaper in recent months in the wake of Bezo’s aggressive intervention in editorial decisions-especially measures to block the editorial board from the publication of Democratic Candidate Kamala Harris.

At the end of February, Bezos announced that he will reorient the Washington Post editorial site in order to obtain “personal freedoms and free markets”.

In a social media post, Bezos revealed that the move led to the resignation of the opinion editor David Shipley.

Bezos added that the newspaper would also act on “critical issues about reciprocity, national security and harmful and distorting effects if tariffs are used to select winners and losers (excluding special products or” ingredients “supply chain if the beneficiary has political power, for example)”.

Bezo’s decision led a 75,000 reported people to cancel their reconciliations, according to national public radio.

Last week, Oliver Darcy reported to his Lewis Status newspaper, a former Wall Street Journal, recorded the assistance of the editor-in-chief of Free Eliana Johnson in order to recruit more reporters and editors supported by The Washington Post.

The news of the meeting coincided with the MSNBC announcement that Jackie Alemany, which covered politics in the Washington Post, was on board as co-expecting one of his “Weekend” panel shows.

Since the beginning of the year, some WAPO employees have been removed, including Ben Terris, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Tony Romm, Isaac Stanley-Becker and Cristiano Lima-Strong.