Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, a contributor to President Trump’s MSNBC and determined critic, said he was resting after the “significant change” of the owner Jeff Bezos in the paper mission – joining an exodus of journalists in the besieged generation.
“” Significant Change “announced in the mission of our section has encouraged me to decide that it is time for my next chapter,” Robinson announced in a memorandum about the other staff Thursday.
“I wish nothing but the best for the letter and for all of you. I will not be a stranger and read your unparalleled work every single day.”
Bezos, the owner of the Amazon billionaire, said in February that the pages of the left -edition thought would shift their coverage to better reflect American values such as “personal freedoms and” free markets “.
Robinson, who has written on the OP-ED site since 2005, is the third Washington Post employee to leave the newspaper since Bezo’s publication.
Former Opinion David Shipley left as soon as the reconstruction was announced, and long columnist Ruth Marcus left in March after she said publisher Will Lewis “Spiked” a column expressing concern “for the new leadership of Bezos for the part.
Robinson joined the newspaper in 1980 and won a 2009 Pulitzer prize for his columns in the 2008 presidential campaign, focusing on the rise of Barack Obama in the presidency.
He is also the author of “Coal in the Cream: The Journey of a Black Man Beyond the color in a assertion of race” and “The Latest Dance in Havana”.
A Washington Post spokesman congratulated Robinson on his retirement.
“For 45 years, his reporting and comment extended continents and beatings, gaining countless recognition, including a Pulitzer price. The strong Eugene perspective and impeccable integrity have regularly formed our public discourse, cementing its heritage as a key voice in American journalism,” said Rep.
During his time on paper, he emerged as one of his most vocal critics of President Trump, calling him a “weak man, narcissist” in 2017. In February, he wrote that Trump “violates the Constitution, vandalizing the federal government and destroys our international life alliances”.
Robinson will continue his role as the main political analyst in NBC News and MSNBC.
His departure comes as Bezos and Lewis are leading the newspaper towards a more central position, up to the grief of many current and previous Washington Post journalists, including his former executive Marty Baron.
Baron had clashed to block the editorial board of the newspaper from the approval of Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
At that time, Bezos defended his decision, saying that Harris’s approval would add a “perception of prejudice” to their cover.
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