Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson announced that he left the newspaper 20 years later in protesting the editorial decision made by his billionaire owner. Jeff Bezos.

“I want you to know that I decided to leave the post,” the Freedom Columnist wrote in his colleagues. e-mail The New York Times was first reported on Thursday. “The ‘major shift’ announced in our department’s mission prompted me to decide that it was time for me to come next chapter.”

This directly refers to Bezos’ announcement in February that the post comment page will begin to prioritize work defending “personal freedom and free markets”, although Robinson avoided the owners of the named newspaper.

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Jeff Bezos, the owner of billionaire Washington Post, announced new changes to the comments section of the post. ((karwai Tang/Wireimage photography) Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images)

“Our most sincere congratulations to Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson on his retirement,” a spokesman for the Washington Post told Fox News Numbers in a statement. “Over the past 45 years, his reports and comments have crossed the continent and beats, gaining numerous recognitions, including the Pulitzer Prize. Eugene’s strong views and impeccable integrity have often shaped our public remarks, cementing his legacy as a leading voice in American journalism.”

Robinson confirmed to Fox News that he retired only from posts, not from the press, but has not made any commitment to his next chapter.

Robinson, also an MSNBC analyst, joined the position in 2005 and received a Pulitzer Prize review in 2009.

Bezos made headlines when announcing that his paper would “write every day to support and defend two pillars: personal freedom and free market” and “opinions against these pillars will be published by others.” This led to a strike by David Shipley, the post’s opinion editor who opposed Bezos’s new mission.

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Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson announced that he would leave the newspaper on a “major shift” implemented by Bezos. (fox)

“This is a major shift, it’s not easy, it will require 100% commitment – I respect his decision. We will look for new comment editors to have this new direction.”

Robinson is not the only columnist who left because of this change. Ruth Marcus, a 40-year veteran of the newspaper, wrote a book last month Column criticizes Bezos’ decision That was her boss screaming.

“I stayed until I could no longer – until newspaper owner Jeff Bezos published a decree that would focus the dedication of posts on the dual pillars of “personal freedom and free market”, even more worrying, and even more worrying, “Those opinions against these pillars will be published by others. “I’ll stay there postal Publisher Will Lewis killed a column I submitted last week to express my disagreement on this new direction. Lewis rejected my request to meet,” Marcus wrote.

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Bezos said the Washington Post will promote “personal freedom and free market” and that “views against these pillars will be published by others.” (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

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Several other staff members are at Bezos stopped paper approval At the time Vice President Kamala Harris was a few days before the 2024 election.