Posted on 11/22/2024 2:01:40 AM PST by Libloather
The Washington Post abruptly removed its politics editor without giving him a reason for the decision, he claimed — the latest shakeup at the left-leaning paper owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Dan Eggen, a veteran political writer who was named senior politics editor just two years ago, said he was “crushed” after being informed he will be “removed” from his role, according to an email he sent that was obtained by Lachlan Cartwright.
“I struggled with how to write this message since there is an element of begging to it that is not particularly attractive. But what the hey: I was informed Monday that I will be removed as senior politics editor at the end of the year. I will leave it to others to explain why,” the email said.
It was not clear whether Eggen will remain with publication.
A WaPo spokesperson said they don’t comment on personnel decisions when contacted by the New York Post on Thursday.
Eggen did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
At the time of his promotion in 2022, Eggen had worked on the Washington Post’s politics desk for over a decade and had “established himself as one of our sharpest and most agile editors, elevating our daily report by driving scoops and accountability reporting on some of journalism’s most competitive beats,” the paper said.
His dismissal as politics editor comes as WaPo scrambles to come to grips with Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
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Bezos knows if ANY company BY POLICY gives the finger to 85% of their potential customers they'll fail. Apparently that's 'news' to the monkeys running the zoo at the Washington Post.
He gets a write off and a mouth piece to spread liberalism.
However, the leftists are coming after him too much and I think he wants to cull the herd some.
I think it’s losing so much it even bothers a Bezos
Oddly NYT pay system seems to work for them
Of course plenty folks have to have it
Racially Sunday paper which admittedly does non political stuff better than anyone except London Sunday times
NYT travel and book review and film and broadway review are good
Science used to be
“Washington Post abruptly ‘removes’ politics editor Dan Eggen after Trump win: report”
it’d be nice if this was just the start ...
“Perhaps the former Post employees could “learn to podcast” “
better yet, they should learn to mine coal ...
“The left wanted to run against Trump in the general election”
they desperately wanted Trump to run in 2016 as well so they could attack him 24x7 ... so they didn’t learn a damn thing ...
I get your zeal, but ceasing operations for a time would be a severe embarrassment for Bezos and could mean that the Post goes out of business.
IF MUSK BOUGHT BOTH THE NYT & WaPo -—closed both down & sold the real estate-———
IT WOULD BE DELICIOUS
I was laughing too hard from the first one as I scrolled past the others to get to the reply that I haven’t seen them yet.
WOW - totally wonderful!!!
Thanks for posting.
Liberals can’t make it on AM Radio because they haven’t had a new idea in 50 - 60 years or so...
Bezos isn’t a fool. He might be making moves to save that stupid rag - and the industry.
RUTA ZUTA ZUTE
Why, thank you! Happy to oblige. I think of Josef Goebbels contemplating something similar on 30 April, 1945 and for similar reasons: a happy world based on hatred and high fantasy torn apart by reality. A bubble popped. An entire mythology discarded like used toilet paper, which, let's face it, was all it was worth to begin with. Power dribbling away like sand through a clenched fist, leaving it empty and impotent.
I'm feeling pretty good about the whole thing, actually.
Most excellent! Thanks
Great pics, Albion. My favorite it the first one about Journalists being “Horrified to Discover The Code is Binary.”
LOL
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