of washington post's senior political editor claims the paper fired him on Monday, but it remains unclear whether he will remain with the magazine.
Dan Eggen reportedly said in an email that he was “devastated” by the news. new york post reported Thursday.
The outlet continued:
“I struggled to decide how to write this message because it has an unappealing pandering element to it. But guess what? I was informed on Monday that I would be removed as senior political editor at the end of the year. I will leave it to others to explain why,” the email said.
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The decision to dismiss him as political editor comes as WaPo scrambles to respond to Donald Trump's return to the White House.
The report will come after that washington postAccording to Breitbart News, the paper's editor-in-chief, Robert Kagan, resigned in October after the paper announced it would not support Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election, which Trump later won.
Breitbart News reported on October 30th. washington post lost 250,000 subscribers after deciding not to support presidential candidates.
“What the president's endorsements are actually doing is creating a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence. It's a principled decision to end them,” Jeff Bezos, the paper's owner, wrote in an editorial. And it's the right decision.”
Amazon founder Bezos expressed his “huge congratulations” to Trump in a social media post after Trump was re-elected.
“I sincerely congratulate the 45th and now 47th President on his extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory,” Bezos wrote.
“No nation has a greater opportunity. I hope @realDonaldTrump succeeds in leading and uniting the America we all love,” he added.
The Breitbart News article also reported that “Mr. Bezos has several large contracts with the U.S. government.”
What is interesting is that the recent new york post According to the article, Bezos is “looking to hire more conservative opinion writers.”
