The Woke Coup at the Washington Post Works; Weak, Cowardly Billionaire Jeff Bezos Bends the Knee to Woke Lunatics and Fires the Formerly-Incoming (White Male) Editor in Chief

Happy Friteenth, everybody. On this special day, we celebrate half-price Appeteasers at TGIF's!

This is wonderful news.

The media was already filled with woke progressives but, starting in 2016 and then accelerating after the Summer of George, they hired only minority feminist ultra-progressives. If you didn't have custom pronouns, luridly neon Danger Hair, and more piercings than Quint's abdomen,* you could no longer work in the (giggle) "prestige" media.

The New York Times wokies demanded multiple scalps of White Men (spit) or non-conforming Jews in editorial positions. They got the scalps.

Now the wokies at the even-more subverted Washington Post have gotten the firing they were demanding. The Washington Post itself ran a hit-piece on the incoming White Man! (spit) editor, a story approved by the incompetent woke (but female) current Executive Editor that the new hire was set to replace.

They ran this hit-piece while also staging a rebellion within the paper.

So the craven accidental billionaire Jeff Bezos submitted.

As I said, he's a woke coward himself who craves the approval of the leftwing media. It's astonishing that he's not a GOP politician, really.

The woke staff celebrates its win with this gloating article, which is unusual in that it's not paywalled for once -- they want the world to know their victory.

Robert Winnett, the British journalist recently tapped to become editor of The Washington Post later this year, will not take the job and will remain at the Daily Telegraph in London, according to a memo obtained by The Post on Friday.

"I'm pleased to report that Rob Winnett has decided to stay with us," Telegraph editor Chris Evans wrote to staff. "As you all know, he's a talented chap and their loss is our gain."

Winnett, deputy editor of London's Telegraph Media Group, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Post CEO and publisher Will Lewis confirmed that Winnett had withdrawn from the position, relaying the news "with regret" in a note to Post staff. "Rob has my greatest respect and is an incredibly talented editor and journalist," Lewis wrote. "The leadership at The Telegraph Media Group are reaffirming his continued role as deputy editor."

Oh, he withdrew? Bezos didn't can him and tell him to say he withdrew?

Sure, Jan.

The announcement came after days of turmoil at The Post, triggered by the abrupt exit of executive editor Sally Buzbee as well as questions about the past practices of both Winnett and Lewis -- veterans of London newsrooms that operate by different rules than their American counterparts.

Lewis announced Winnett's hiring just 2 1/2 weeks ago. They previously worked together at both the Telegraph and the Sunday Times.

A Telegraph spokesperson said the newspaper would not be commenting beyond Friday's staff note from Evans.

Because it's a lie and everyone knows it.

David Strom:

Reporters at the Post had complained that the interim and permanent replacements for Buzzbee didn't share the culture of the Post and weren't "diverse" enough to fit in, but of course, that was the point. The Post is on a glide path to bankruptcy and total irrelevance in Washington and beyond, and radical change was necessary.

It's wonderful, really.

* Or more piercings than Boromir's torso? I'm torn.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:00 PM

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