Columnist Eugene Robinson exits Washington Post after Jeff Bezos’ ‘significant shift’ in paper’s mission

NY Post ^ | 4/03/25 | Alexandra Steigrad

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Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, an MSNBC contributor and staunch critic of President Trump, said he’s quitting after owner Jeff Bezos’ “significant shift” in the paper’s mission — joining an exodus of journalists at the beleaguered broadsheet.

“The announced ‘significant shift’ in our section’s mission has spurred me to decide that it’s time for my next chapter,” Robinson announced in a memo to fellow staffers on Thursday.

“I wish nothing but the very best for the paper and for all of you. I won’t be a stranger, and I’ll be reading your unparalleled work every single day.”

Bezos, the billionaire Amazon owner, said in February that the left-leaning publication’s opinion pages would shift their coverage to better reflect American values like “personal liberties and “free markets.”

Robinson, who has written for the op-ed page since 2005, is the third Washington Post staffer to leave the paper since Bezos’ edict.

Ex-opinion editor David Shipley quit as soon as the revamp was announced, and longtime columnist Ruth Marcus departed in March, after she said publisher Will Lewis “spiked” a column “expressing concern” over Bezos’ new direction for the section.

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