Justin Baragona at The Independent:
The flood of high-profile editorial talent fleeing the Washington Post as the storied newspaper revamps its opinion section to focus exclusively on “personal liberties and free markets” continued to grow this week as Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Jonathan Capehart decided to take a buyout. Capehart’s departure comes just days after longtime Post reporter and writer Philip Bump announced that he had also accepted a buyout and had written his last column, which followed the paper’s beleaguered CEO Will Lewis’ ultimatum to staffers to leave if they “do not feel aligned” with the company’s new direction. As first reported by Axios’ Sara Fischer Monday morning, Capehart – who was a member of the Post’s editorial board until 2023 – ended his 18-year run with the paper this week after taking a buyout through the company’s recently implemented voluntary separation program.
POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever: https://t.co/Dtkku3m9A7 pic.twitter.com/UDVm8ZwBrN
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