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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Justin Baragona

Washington Post columnist proudly boasts ‘we’re now a conservative opinion page’

Marc Thiessen, a Washington Post columnist and Fox News contributor, bragged this week that his paper’s opinion section is now ‘conservative.’ - (screengrab)

Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen said the quiet part out loud this week when he bragged that the newspaper’s opinion section was now thoroughly “conservative” after Donald Trump praised his most recent op-ed.

Thiessen’s declaration comes on the heels of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos imposing an ideological realignment of the Post’s opinion page, which has resulted in an exodus of talent and the hiring of an editor who shares his vision of dedicating the section to the “support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.”

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