David Strom writes for HotAir.com about another major change at a leading legacy media outlet.
Ruth Marcus is leaving the Washington Post.
What a loss. What a loss.
Marcus is one of the many liberal columnists at the Post who are upset at Jeff Bezos’ decision to move the paper’s Opinion Page in a more liberty-friendly direction, promoting free market ideas and personal liberty rather than the soft-socialism usually found on the pages of the Post.
In one way I applaud Marcus for taking a stand for principle; in another, I am inclined to roll my eyes. As a 66-year-old she is a spring chicken by Washington standards, hardly eligible by age to become a junior Senator. Her mental decline has not begun, and her income potential is likely enhanced by taking a cost-free stand for principle.
Still, her gig as Deputy Editorial Page Editor at one of the most prestigious, if declining, newspapers was a really nice gig that most journalists would happily give a body part for. So minor kudos, I guess.
Marcus is leaving because the Editor spiked a column in which she took on Bezos’ diktat that the paper was moving libertyward. It is no surprise that promoting liberty is anathema to her, and that she cannot abide having her words appear next to anybody who doesn’t agree with her. …
… Perhaps she thinks that there is a dearth of newspapers with leftward-leaning voices, so the loss of the Washington Post’s voice will leave a void in the market for Deep State voices.
I would be a bit more sympathetic if we didn’t live in a world where journalists go on strikes whenever a conservative voice is allowed in the newspaper. When journalists scream “Nazi” and “fascist” whenever a Republican other than Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger speak I would be inclined to discuss intellectual diversity with them. But given their penchant for censoring others it is hard to take them seriously on any topic.
