Jeff Bezos Directs Washington Post To Focus On Personal Liberty; Editor Resigns

The BEZOS has spoken. In what appears to be a victory for free speech and greater diversity of perspectives, Jeff Bezos has directed The Washington Post (which he owns) to begin re-focusing their opinion pages towards the advancement of personal liberties. David Shipley, the opinions page editor, was given the offer by Bezos to take the lead on this - but instead, he promptly resigned.

Ironically, The Washington Post is known for its slogan "Democracy dies in darkness."

And yet, when greater light is shed, those who actually dwell in darkness are exposed - and it seems they cannot abide the light. It's as if The Washington Post was talking about itself - but projecting onto others in the most classic way.

Good riddance, David.

It's time for people who actually care about liberty to be in charge.

To quote the BEZOS: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others."

This is being seen as complete change of direction for The Washington Post, which has long been seen as a publication that catered to the political Left. How odd it is, then, that merely promoting the idea of free speech and a wider variety of opinions is seen as moving to the political Right, as said by The Guardian.

Could it really be that one side has become identified with censorship while the other side has become more aligned with "personal liberties?"

Apparently so.

How's that working out for you, people on the Left?

If they want to win elections again, it sounds like they need to change their image.

And no doubt, they are masters at image-crafting. But will Americans buy it? Because it seems a lot of Americans aren't buying all of the same tricks anymore.

Much trust has been lost, and it may never be entirely recovered.

"Democracy dies in darkness," indeed.

But there may be a ray of hope on the horizon.