David Shipley, The Post’s opinion editor, is resigning after trying to persuade Jeff Bezos to reconsider the new direction.

The Washington Post’s opinion editor, David Shipley, stepped down from his position Wednesday after Jeff Bezos, the owner of the

In an email and social media post, Jeff Bezos outlined dramatic changes to The Washington Post’s opinions section, and announced that opinions editor David Shipley has resigned.

Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post, says he’s confident “personal liberties” and “free markets” are “right” for the U.S. The Post opinions page now will express support for them going

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Washington Post editorial page editor David Shipley is leaving the paper as its opinion section shifts its focus to supporting and defending the topics of personal liberties and free markets, owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos wrote in a memo to staff on Wednesday.

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of the Washington Post, is making changes to the newspaper’s opinion pages to limit what he described as viewpoints opposing “personal liberties and free markets.”

This is not about siding with any political party. This is about being crystal clear about what we stand for as a newspaper,” publisher and CEO Will Lewis added.