Jennifer Rubin resigns from Washington Post
Jennifer Rubin has resigned from her position as a columnist at The Washington Post amid a period of internal strife at the outlet to begin the new year.
Rubin, who has been a columnist at the Post since 2010, is starting a new media venture with attorney and pundit Norm Eisen, she said Monday.
“We’ve watched as corporate and billionaire owners of media outlets abused their audiences’ loyalty and undercut journalism’s vital role in a free democracy,” Rubin said in a statement. “Instead of safeguarding democratic values, they have enabled the gravest threats to democracy – Donald Trump and his allies – at the very time when a robust and independent press is most essential. We need an alternative, truly independent outlet that is unafraid of the administration and unwilling to equivocate or bend the knee.”
Rubin and Eisen’s new project, dubbed “The Contrarian,” will feature both political and cultural commentary “in defense of democracy” and operate using Substack columns, a YouTube channel, podcasts and other digital media platforms.
Rubin is just the latest in a slew of longtime Post staffers who have left the outlet in response to recent editorial decisions and the stated vision of the Post’s new CEO and corporate ownership.
Jeff Bezos, the Post’s billionaire owner, angered many in the newsroom with a decision to scrap an editorial backing Vice President Harris. He is one of several wealthy business leaders who have suggested they are optimistic about a second Trump term.
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