Washington Post Columnist Quits—and Rips Jeff Bezos on His Way Out

Ancient Washington Post The writer Joe Davidson made sure to disdain for Job Owner Jeff Bezos known in a cingling letter of resignation.

In an article on Facebook on Tuesday, Davidson said he was leaving his post as a columnist for “the federal initiate”, a position he had held since 2008, because the newspaper had pulled one of his columns to be too critical of Donald Trump.

“For me, the cost has become too large when a column of federal initiates that I wrote was killed because it was deemed too obstinate under an unwritten and inconsistent policy, of which I had not heard before,” wrote Davidson.

“Blocking my chronicle because it was too obstinate was a shock. I have the author of many pieces during my 17 years to write the federal newspaper (renamed the federal initiate in 2016), which was at least if not more opinion like the now dead. The piece contained specific examples, including the alarming note from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, supporting the expulsion of the pro-Palestinian activist of the University of Columbia, Mahmoud Khalil. What immigrants could believe in the future now can make them federal objectives for applying the law. »»

Davidson continued by mentioning that his article covered the abduction of the DHS of the tufts student, Rümeysa Öztürk [his] Novel “1984.” »»

“Killing this column was a death kick for my life as a columnist of Washington Post. But I wrote two other articles to see if I could face the restrictions. It was then that I learned how serious politics was.

“As a columnist, I cannot live with this level of constraint. A column without comment made me a column without column. I was also disturbed by important inconsistencies in the implementation of politics. During this period, the message allowed a stronger language and informed by other staff members “, including the words” vice “”, `cruel” and “average” to describe Trump’s actions “.

There was an alarming quantity of capitulation in Trump of the media during this first year of his second term. Earlier this month, CBS ruler With Trump for $ 16 million in a defamation trial.

“I started from the position, but only as a journalist. Many people naturally canceled the subscriptions to protest against Bezos’ actions that damaged the integrity of the press organization,” wrote Davidson. “I subscribe, and I read and support the sustainable work of post-post-post journalists in the newspaper and digitally.”