"In February, The Post's owner, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, announced the paper would shift the focus of its op-ed pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We'll cover other topics, too, of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others, he wrote in a lengthy memo at the time."
"How are people responding to the changes since you've been at the helm of the opinion section? Gillespie asked O'Neal. We still have quite a lot of readers and subscribers. I'll say, I've worked at smaller places, and it's a robust audience. And you know, when you write something in The Post, someone notices it. That said, it needs to get bigger. And the audience now is overwhelmingly left-leaning. Everybody knows that as the data is available, O'Neal replied."
The Washington Post has undergone leadership changes and a mass exodus of writers and editorial board members as the paper reshapes its opinion pages. Owner Jeff Bezos announced a shift to daily op-eds defending two pillars: personal liberties and free markets, and indicated viewpoints opposing those pillars would be left to other outlets. Bezos previously drew controversy by stopping an endorsement of Kamala Harris during the 2024 campaign. New opinion editor Adam O'Neal says readership and subscriptions remain robust but skew overwhelmingly left-leaning. O'Neal emphasizes retaining loyal subscribers, avoiding a MAGA orientation, and expanding the audience beyond its current ideological homogeneity.
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