WaPo Quick To Tout Its Commitment to ‘Diverse Representation’ After Lone Black Board Member Quits

The Editorial Board lost the sole black member of its editorial board. Washington Post Telled Axios Tuesday it “is committed to diverse representation in all its pages” “plans to further expand the range of voices in the months to come.”

Jonathan Capehart, a gay black man, quit his 15 year position on the editorial board of the newspaper after a dispute over an editorial about the 2022 Georgia runoff election. A Post Assured spokesperson Axios It was committed “diverse representation” As it searches for a replacement, the board is occupied.

“Writers like Keith Richburg and Mili Mitra regularly contribute editorials. In recent months, the section also announced the addition of several contributing columnists including Theodore Johnson, Natasha Sarin and Bina Venkataraman, among several others,” The spokesperson continued.

Financial troubles are looming and diversity appears to be the least of the newspapers’ problems. The Post It failed to break even last year, and in January it laid off 20 out of its 2,500 employees. Another 30 jobs remained unfilled. The paper also lost money Half a million subscribers since President Joe Biden took office.