Bob Woodward says he is ‘crushed’ by Washington Post layoffs
Watergate reporter says colleagues and readers ‘deserve more’ after newspaper lays off hundreds of workers
The veteran Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward has said he is “crushed” by the mass layoffs of hundreds of colleagues at the paper and said the impact would be felt by readers – noting both “deserve more”.
“I am crushed that so many of my beloved colleagues have lost their jobs and our readers have been given less news and sound analysis,” Woodward said in his first public remarks on the cuts, which were shared on X. “They deserve more.”
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