Longtime Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin has resigned from the embattled paper, Fox News Digital has confirmed.
Rubin has been an outspoken critic of President-elect Donald Trump and recently publicly attacked the Washington Post, particularly its owner Jeff Bezos, for its efforts to become more politically neutral. was.
“I'm concerned that things are getting worse and worse at the Post,” Rubin said in an interview with CNN about his resignation.
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Jennifer Rubin, a longtime Washington Post columnist, has resigned from the embattled paper. ((Photo Credit: William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal via Getty Images))
Rubin added that the Post “has failed spectacularly at a time when we most need a robust and aggressive free press.”
Mr. Rubin will be joined by reporters Josh Dorsey, Ashley Parker, Michael Scherer, Tyler Page, LeeAnne Caldwell, columnist Charles Lane, health science editor Stephen Smith, and veteran editors The move joins several high-profile staffers who have announced their departures to other media outlets, including Mattea Gold.
Editor-in-chief Robert Kagan and several editorial board members resigned last year when Mr. Bezos' planned surge in support for Vice President Kamala Harris occurred.
New York Times reporter Ben Marin published his resignation letter in X and shot Bezos on his way home.
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“The executives and billionaires of major media outlets have betrayed the loyalty of their audiences and obstructed journalism's sacred mission to protect, protect, and advance democracy. The Billionaire Owners of The Washington Post The executives who collaborated with him are also criminals,” Rubin wrote.
“They undermined the values that are central to the Post's mission, and the values of integrity, courage and independence of journalism as a whole. I cannot justify remaining at the Post,” she continued. “Jeff Bezos and his cronies are attacking Donald Trump, the most serious threat to American democracy, at a time when a vibrant free press is more essential than ever to our democracy's ability to survive and thrive. and make it possible.”
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Rubin is teaming up with former Obama staffer Norm Eisen to launch a publication called The Contrarian. The publication's tagline, “No one owns it,” is a poignant reference to Jeff Bezos.
Mr. Rubin was not only one of the Biden administration's most sycophantic boosters at the Washington Post, but also one of the most fervently anti-Republican voices at the already liberal paper.
Former Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin was furious last year that the paper chose not to proceed with its planned endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. ((Screenshot/Gutfeld!))
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Fox News Digital's Nikolas Lanum, Lindsay Kornick and Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.
