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Washington Post Columnist Mark Thiessen said the quiet part loudly this week when he bragged that the newspaper’s opinion section was now entirely “conservative” after Donald Trump praised him. Most recent op-ed,
Thiessen’s announcement follows that of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos implement an ideological restructuring of of post opinion page, resulting in a brain drain and the appointment of an editor who shares his vision of dedicating the section to “supporting and defending the two pillars: individual liberty and the free market.”
President George W. The admission of Thiessen, a Fox News contributor who worked as a speechwriter for Bush, came after prominent MAGA figures expressed surprise. His Washington Post Trump supporting piece For the Nobel Peace Prize. (The President, despite persistent lobbying to award, gone Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.
“Not only does Donald Trump deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, but there has arguably never been an American president who was more deserving of it,” Thiessen wrote in his Thursday column. He said Trump has an “unprecedented peacemaking deal.”
“No way,” far-right host and Pizzagate conspirator Jack Posobiec reacted on social mediaSharing a screenshot of the column’s headline: “Yes, Trump deserved the Nobel Peace Prize.”
Mark Dubowitz, leader of the neoconservative think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies, responded to Posobiec’s tweet by suggesting that Thiessen was one of the newspaper’s few right-wing writers. “Written by @marcthissen, who is a (welcomed) outsider at The Washington Post,” Dubowitz Posted,
“Thanks Mark. But nothing like that anymore! We are now a conservative opinion page,” Thiessen replied immediately To the think tank chief.
Meanwhile, the President made it clear that he appreciated Thiessen’s column, sharing a link on his Truth Social site with the caption: “Thanks Washington Post. Wow!!!”
During the last year, Washington Post Is come under fire From both employees and readers on its rightful changes and Bezos-like efforts to appease Trump Accused of befriending the Presidentgiving signals Canceling hundreds of thousands of subscriptions And dozens of high-profile editors and reporters were forced to flee the newspaper.
After a sharp reaction last October to block of post Plans were made to support Kamala Harris for the presidencyWhich resulted in several editorial board members resigning over the mega-billionaire’s interference, with Bezos creating even more outrage in February with his new mandate for the paper’s opinion pages.
He declared, “We will continue to write every day in support and defense of two pillars: individual liberty and the free market.” “Of course, we will cover other topics as well, but viewpoints that oppose those columns will be left for others to publish.”
Notably, the night he announced his new direction for the opinion section, Bezos had dinner with Trump.
Bezos’s emphasis in this section is on traditionally conservative and libertarian principles Due to which Opinion Editor David Shipley had to resign.Who will eventually be replaced by former correspondent Adam O’Neill, 33 economist And for the editorial page writer wall street journal,
Since turning to O’Neill, whose only management experience was It’s been a tumultuous year at conservative outlet The DispatchThe Post have seen one Flood of experienced columnists and editor leave paper in recent months. many of them adopted Buyout offer from troubled publisher Will Lewis For those who “don’t feel aligned” with the newspaper’s new editorial direction.
In recent weeks, O’Neill has become more outspoken in his efforts to reshape the opinion section and make it more conservative.
Last month, longtime writer Karen Attaiah—the newspaper’s founding Global Opinion editor who rise to prominence Following the horrific murder of their columnist Jamal Khashoggi – Said he was fired from his job Over “unacceptable” social media posts he made in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder. Attia also said that she was the last full-time black columnist left on the newspaper’s staff.
O’Neill’s recent appointments to the section include columnist The National Review, The Spectator And boston globeall of which “fit comfortably into the traditional conservative framework,” According to Oliver Darcy of Status NewsDarcy added, “People who have spoken to O’Neill have said he has indicated he wants to recruit people with political authority to The Post.”
At the same time, O’Neill Let go at least a half-dozen employees and several high-profile contractors From last week’s opinion section, which included editor Benjy Sarlin, media critic Jack Schaefer and respected journalist Mark Fisher – who accompanied Post For almost four decades.
O’Neill, meanwhile, months into his tenure on the opinion page, finally gave his first public interview late last month. it was for fox news,