Top 'Washington Post' columnist resigns, accusing publisher of killing piece

NPR · David Folkenflik · last updated March 10, 2025 – 6:31 PM

A top political columnist for The Washington Post resigned today, accusing Post chief executive and publisher Will Lewis of killing her column that criticized owner Jeff Bezos’s drive to overhaul the opinion pages to focus on his libertarian priorities.

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