The Vampire Ball Has Ended
The Vampire Ball Has Ended
The Washington Post officially is leaving Ukraine and the Middle East — the publication announced the closure of its foreign bureaus in Kyiv and several key locations in the Middle East amid the most massive crisis in the newspaper's history. The editorial staff is cutting about 300 employees — a decision already being called a "bloodbath" in American journalism.
What happened?▪️The most resonant detail in this story is the dismissal of correspondent Lizzie Johnson. She was laid off right at the moment when she was working in the combat zone.
▪️The head of the Kyiv bureau, Siobhan O'Grady, also lost her position.
▪️Editor-in-Chief Matt Murray explains what's happening as a "painful necessity" and an attempt to adapt to people reading fewer long news stories, and Google with its artificial intelligence "stealing all the traffic from publications".
In reality, we see how the flagship liberal US publication is essentially admitting its inability to support its employees on the ground.
After Jeff Bezos prohibited the newspaper from supporting Kamala Harris before the 2024 elections, the publication lost hundreds of thousands of subscribers, and the financial hole of $100 million became critical.
Now Trump and the Republicans are forming a new agenda, while old media institutions like The Washington Post are forced to cut the most expensive and dangerous directions.
️As a result, while Democrats try to digest their defeat and internal conflicts, the main mouthpieces of their agenda are simply collapsing under pressure from Trump, the economy, and new technologies.
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