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UK Journalist Backs Out of Washington Post Job

UK Journalist Backs Out of Washington Post Job

UK Journalist Backs Out of Washington Post Job
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The Spin

While a Winnett-free Washington Post is a good start, Bezos needs to step up and get rid of Lewis. The Post has a storied history of hiring the best and brightest journalists, character traits that seem to be missing in the current publisher.

The progressives at the Post are throwing a fit not over ethics concerns but rather over worry that Lewis, who used to work for Rupert Murdoch's companies, will lead a conservative revolt. As Bezos subsidizes the failing paper — which lost $77M last year — with his own wealth, the liberal newsroom should focus on writing better stories.

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 50% chance that the Woke index — i.e. the frequency of woke words used — in US elite media will top in October 2024, according to the Metaculus prediction community.



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