Longtime WaPo Columnist Resigns in Scathing Post Denouncing Jeff Bezos’ Influence on Editorial Policy: ‘A Death Blow’

Joe Davidson, a longtime Washington Post columnist, publicly acknowledged his resignation this week after the paper killed one of his columns for being “too opinionated,” calling out Jeff Bezos in what he described as a damaging editorial shift.

Davidson announced his departure from WaPo in his final “Federal Insider” column last month. He then expounded on his decision in a Tuesday Facebook post. He said the decision was based on a piece he’d written earlier for the paper that was spiked...