{"id":2407220,"date":"2025-02-26T20:22:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T01:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-drops-leftist-dogma-in-effort-to-boost-readership-tiana-doescher-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T20:25:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T01:25:58","slug":"washington-post-drops-leftist-dogma-in-effort-to-boost-readership-tiana-doescher-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-drops-leftist-dogma-in-effort-to-boost-readership-tiana-doescher-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post drops &#8216;leftist dogma&#8217; in effort to boost readership: Tiana Doescher &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwashington-post-drops-leftist-dogma-in-effort-to-boost-readership-tiana-doescher-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2407220&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Tiana Lowe \u200dDoescher, writing for the Washington Examiner, discusses\u2064 recent \u200cchanges Jeff Bezos has made\u200c at the washington Post, aiming to abandon what \u200dhe refers to as &#8220;leftist\u2064 dogma&#8221; in favor of promoting \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-governor-after-censure-vote-state-party-should-focus-on-winning-races\/\" title=\"Arizona Governor After Censure Vote: State Party Should \u2018Focus On Winning Races\u2019\">personal liberties<\/a> and free markets. Bezos suggests this shift is necessary to enhance readership and counteract losses the publication has been facing.Doescher highlights that the Post&#8217;s audience dramatically\u200d decreased \u2063under President biden,with daily users plummeting from 22 million to 2.5 million. She \u200cargues that \u200cmany tech billionaires, including Bezos, are now recognizing the limitations of the liberal\u200d narratives propagated in \u200dmedia, especially as they\u2062 compete \u2064against the likes of the New York \u2063Times. The article features responses from\u200c Musk, who praised\u2062 bezos&#8217; decision, indicating a growing trend among some media \u2063outlets to adopt more capitalist-pleasant perspectives in light \u2063of evolving\u2063 political landscapes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Washington Post drops &lsquo;leftist dogma&rsquo; in effort to boost readership: Tiana Doescher<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2021468\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/tiana-lowe-doescher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tiana Lowe Doescher<\/a> suggested that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeff-bezos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jeff Bezos&rsquo;s<\/a> changes to the <em>Washington Post<\/em>, including dropping its &ldquo;leftist dogma,&rdquo; could be a bid to boost its readership.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Bezos, the owner of the <em>Washington Post<\/em>, revealed on X that the paper would no <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">longer publish opinion editorials opposing &#038;ldquo<\/a>;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-op-ed-editor-exits-bezos-unveils-free-market-focus\/\" title=\"... op-ed editor exits, ... unveils &#039;free market&#039; focus\">personal liberties&#038;rdquo<\/a>; or &ldquo;free markets &rdquo; and would instead focus on writing &ldquo;every day in support and defense&rdquo; of them. The change, part of the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inflation-wasnt-the-only-lasting-effect-from-covid-19-pandemic-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Inflation wasn\u2019t the only lasting effect from COVID-19 pandemic - ...\">vibe shift&#038;rdquo<\/a>; taking place across the nation, is a stark contrast to how people on &ldquo;the Left&rdquo; have ditched any notion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">free speech<\/a> or personal liberties being good.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning:<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m writing to let you know about a change coming to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-taps-terrorist-wanted-by-fbi-for-new-government\/\" title=\"Taliban Taps Terrorist Wanted by FBI for New Government\">opinion pages<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We&rsquo;ll cover other topics too&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffBezos\/status\/1894757287052362088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Bezos is a money man. He also sees what the future holds,&rdquo; Doescher, a commentary writer for the Washington Examiner, explained on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Will Cain Show<\/em>. &ldquo;He sees that it&rsquo;s bad business to continue trying to do what The New York Times has essentially had total domain over. Just remember Will: WaPo is on track for $100 million dollar net losses every single year. So right now, if the same thing isn&rsquo;t working, if the same leftist dogma and groupthink isn&rsquo;t working, why not try something new?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2818080&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=585fd264463a342b046274d7f536ccf8\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Doescher added that many billionaires involved in technology, such as Bezos, X owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a>, and Meta CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a>, were all part of the &ldquo;Obama-era idealism&rdquo; in celebrating technology and what it can accomplish for humanity. However, these same billionaires were only rewarded with an &ldquo;eat the rich&rdquo; mentality among the public and a lack of growth in business despite creating &ldquo;millions of jobs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Doescher cited how the <em>Washington Post&rsquo;s <\/em>audience was &ldquo;decimated&rdquo; during former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>&lsquo;s leadership, dropping from 22 million daily users to just 2.5 million daily users.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And so I think Trump, and this new era, have given someone like Bezos permission to channel an energy that, let&rsquo;s be real, he&rsquo;s a capitalist, he knows that this stuff hasn&rsquo;t been winning,&rdquo; Doescher said. &ldquo;He thought he could be empathetic, and he thought he could guide the culture, and he thought he could learn from the Left, and the Left didn&rsquo;t want to teach anyone. They wanted to control thought.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3330574\/trump-boosts-newsmax-debut-shake-up-press-rotation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BOOSTS NEWSMAX IN DEBUT SHAKE-UP OF PRESS ROTATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bezos, along with Musk and Zuckerberg, was among those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3293339\/celebrity-hour-every-celebrity-seen-attending-trump-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">in attendance at President Donald Trump&rsquo;s inauguration<\/a>. Prior to the 2024 election, the <em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3203416\/washington-post-presidential-endorsement-2024-trump-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">opted not to issue a presidential endorsement<\/a>, even though one for then-Vice President Kamala Harris was already in the works before Bezos pulled the plug.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">Bravo, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffBezos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JeffBezos<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XZOxVryVTa\">https:\/\/t.co\/XZOxVryVTa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1894765014256370007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Musk, a key ally of Trump, applauded Bezos&rsquo;s decision to champion personal liberties and free markets, writing &ldquo;bravo&rdquo; on X regarding Bezos&rsquo;s decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2021468\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2021468\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Post shifts away from &#8216;leftist dogma&#8217; to attract readers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2407221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bezos-the-post-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51181,51182,32293],"class_list":["post-2407220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-leftist-dogma","tag-readership-boost","tag-washington-post"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bezos-the-post-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407220"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407224,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407220\/revisions\/2407224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}