My Breakup Letter to Bezos’ Washington Post

It’s not me, it’s you

We have subscribed to the Washington Post since 1997 (with brief pauses while serving our country overseas in the days before online access) but now must unsubscribe due to Bezos recent decision to make the editorial page coverage one sided.

We nearly pulled the plug last fall when Bezos decided the Post would not make a presidential endorsement in the most consequential election of our lifetime. However we knew there were still many quality journalists employed by the Post and their reporting would be crucial heading into a Trump presidency.

So instead we canceled our Prime account and no longer purchase through Amazon. We cannot in good conscience support billionaires bent on destroying our country.

Then the Post went all in on AI. For decades we have relied on the Post to be a trusted factual source of news. AI as it currently exists does not and cannot rise to this standard. But still we hesitated to cancel our account because our country desperately needs quality journalism and some still exists at the Post.

No more. Despite a few strong journalists employed by the post how can we trust anything they publish when their jobs are obviously on the line? When the boss has a strong bias and is willing to shout that bias from the mountaintops even the most ethical of reporters are likely to pull their punches, hold back from investigations which might anger the boss, and temper their language in ways…