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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Richard Luscombe

Washington Post opinion editor departs as Bezos pushes to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’

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The billionaire owner of the Washington Post has moved to reshape the paper’s opinion section. Photograph: John Locher/AP

Jeff Bezos, the self-proclaimed “hands-off” owner of the Washington Post, emailed staffers on Wednesday morning about a change he is applying to the paper’s opinion section that appears to align the newspaper more closely with the political right.

“I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets,” Bezos said.

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