Washington Post Drops Liberal Columnist Due to Lack of Readers

AIM ^ | January 4, 2016 | Don Irvine

[presidio9]

The Washington Post shocked the liberal world by firing liberal columnist Harold Meyerson—not over ideology, but because he failed to attract enough readers for the Post to justify his continued employment.

The Post opinion section takes pride in publishing a wide range of views, including progressives Eugene Robinson, EJ Dionne, Ruth Marcus, Greg Sargent, Paul Waldman and Katrina vanden Heuvel and contributing columnists Rachel Maddow and Danielle Allen. We’ve been pleased to publish Harold’s columns for the past 13 years, but he failed to attract readers as these others have. And while our decision should never be made based only on clicks, I think it would be arrogant to entirely ignore what our readers are telling us.

[Angels27]

Even leftists are growing tired of liberalism?

[House Atreides]

Liberals who weren’t happy with the decision included Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who tweeted that “There are few progressive voices in corporate media....”
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Few progressive voices? Bernie, you are either blind or stupid.

[jazusamo]

He doesn’t use a guide dog so that only leaves one alternative.

[presidio9]

Liberals who weren’t happy with the decision included Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who tweeted that “There are few progressive voices in corporate media....”

Only took two posts for someone to find that line.

Sanders, btw, is the same guy who is drawing record crowds at all of his appearances, but apparently none of those people can read.

[Publius]

What the Mainstream Media promulgates is a bland corporatist liberalism, not at all like the muscular liberalism of FDR, Hubert Humphrey and other liberal heroes of the distant past. The Mainstream Media does not promulgate the ultra Far Left liberalism of Sanders and the Occupy Wall Street movement.

In a sense, Bernie Sanders is correct.

[Utilizer]

Quick question: why are you stating in your thread that this article is from the WaPo but your link goes to aim.org?

[presidio9]

Quick question: why are you stating in your thread that this article is from the WaPo but your link goes to aim.org?

You are correct. Sorry for the error.

Admin, would you please correct this? Thanks.

[T-Bird45]

Apparently the guy wrote such unsophisticated liberal pap that he couldn’t even attract a FReeper to post his stuff on a regular basis here. The other writers mentioned in that honor roll of the ridiculous usually show up here about once a week and this is the only place I ever see them.

[Alas Babylon!]

The Post opinion section takes pride in publishing a wide range of views, including progressives Eugene Robinson, EJ Dionne, Ruth Marcus, Greg Sargent, Paul Waldman and Katrina vanden Heuvel and contributing columnists Rachel Maddow and Danielle Allen.

Bwahahahaha!!! Stop it, you're killing me!!!

By wide range, Irvine means far whacked out batshit crazy Leftist to full-blown Soviet Commissar wannabe Politburo Party Chairman...

[facedown]

The Post opinion section takes pride in publishing a wide range of views,...

Yeah, the far left, the radical left and the batsh!t left.

[Grampa Dave]

Beltway political pundits and left wing mediots need to be very concerned about getting paid for lying.

[Jim from C-Town]

Based on readership and subscriptions, he shuld fire the lot of them.

[lump in the melting pot]

Sanders, btw, is the same guy who is drawing record crowds at all of his appearances, but apparently none of those people can read.

Bernie's little marxists can read, at least enough to follow a leftist WaPo column. It's basic math that escapes them.

[FerociousRabbit]

Few progressive voices? Bernie, you are either blind or stupid.

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Bernie thinks Karl Marx was a moderate to right leaning individual.

[Fungi]

Witing for this. Bingo!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Leftists are BORING and their rhetoric is pure crap. That is why there are no top rated liberal talk shows.

[wastedyears]

Liberals who weren't happy with the decision included Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who tweeted that "There are few progressive voices in corporate media."

Looks like he really is that stupid.

[samtheman]

The Post has BOTH kinds of politics: Marxism AND Leninism.

[presidio9]

WaPo also has establishment Republican Jennifer Rubin on the payroll, which would have been worth mentioning if the writer were aware of it.