{"id":2567352,"date":"2026-02-07T12:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T17:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-journalist-fired-for-justifying-charlie-kirks-killing-calls-new-firings-at-paper-akin-to-colonial-press-censorship-7\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T12:48:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T17:48:42","slug":"wapo-journalist-fired-for-justifying-charlie-kirks-killing-calls-new-firings-at-paper-akin-to-colonial-press-censorship-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-journalist-fired-for-justifying-charlie-kirks-killing-calls-new-firings-at-paper-akin-to-colonial-press-censorship-7\/","title":{"rendered":"WaPo Journalist Fired For Justifying Charlie Kirk&#8217;s Killing Calls New Firings at Paper Akin to &#8216;Colonial Press Censorship&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fwapo-journalist-fired-for-justifying-charlie-kirks-killing-calls-new-firings-at-paper-akin-to-colonial-press-censorship-7%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=2567352&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>&#8211; The piece centers on the Washington Post\u2019s major restructuring,including slashing a third of its workforce and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-journalist-fired-for-justifying-charlie-kirks-killing-calls-new-firings-at-paper-akin-to-colonial-press-censorship\/\" title=\"WaPo Journalist ... For Justifying Charlie Kirk&#039;s Killing Calls New Firings at Paper Akin to &#039;...&#039;\">cutting entire sections<\/a> (like sports),<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-journalist-fired-for-justifying-charlie-kirks-killing-calls-new-firings-at-paper-akin-to-colonial-press-censorship-4\/\" title=\"WaPo Journalist ... For Justifying Charlie Kirk&#039;s Killing Calls New Firings at Paper Akin to &#039;...&#039;\">amid private ownership<\/a> by Jeff Bezos and reported 2023 losses around $100 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; it highlights the firing of Karen Attiah \u201cfor cause,\u201d tied to allegations that she misquoted Charlie Kirk. After her departure, Attiah asserted she was silenced and used Bluesky to critique broader themes about colonialism and the press.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Attiah\u2019s posts argued that white colonialism is embedded in the free press and linked the layoffs to systemic issues in journalism. she also challenged mainstream narratives about press independence, suggesting capitalism and advertising helped sustain American newspapers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article contrasts the Post with competitors such as The New York Times and Politico\/The Hill, noting shifts in the industry and audience.It also mentions leadership changes at the Post (Will Lewis replacing sally Buzbee with Matt Murray) and implies ongoing debates about the paper\u2019s influence and direction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Throughout, the piece weaves in social-media embeds and reactions, presenting a contentious debate about press freedom, corporate influence, and the future of journalism.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Karen Attiah didn&rsquo;t stick around to get fired this week by The Washington Post. She&rsquo;d already been dismissed, for cause, and a good one: She&rsquo;d effectively spent the period following Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s assassination in September taking quotes wildly out of context to effectively justify the murder.<\/p>\n<p>You probably haven&rsquo;t heard much from Attiah unless you&rsquo;re a real devotee of hers or of Bluesky, the ersatz X alternative for people who can&rsquo;t handle opinions that aren&rsquo;t their own.<\/p>\n<p>She posts quite freely over there, and she had some thoughts about the layoffs this week at her former paper: specifically, they&rsquo;re all part of the white colonialism baked into the free press from before America was founded!<\/p>\n<p>As for the Post employees not fired for cause: The paper announced earlier this week that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/late-breaking-bloodbath-washington-post-hundreds-fired-entire-divisions-shuttered-sports-desk-gone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slashing a third of its workforce<\/a> and cutting entire sections, including sports, in a major shake-up.<\/p>\n<p>While the paper&rsquo;s financials aren&rsquo;t publicly aired due to the fact that it&rsquo;s a private concern &mdash; owned by Jeff Bezos &mdash; reports are that it lost $100 million alone in 2023, about 40 percent of the paper&rsquo;s estimated value.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, competitors like The New York Times have made a successful transition to covering news and being a general lifestyle outlet, while niche publications like Politico and The Hill have sucked up much of the Capitol Hill staffer\/political junkie audience the paper used to garner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-chaos-wapo-newsroom-executive-editor-leaves-cant-sugarcoat-anymore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In mid-2024<\/a>, publisher Will Lewis fired executive editor Sally Buzbee and replaced her with Matt Murray, and warned staff that their product wasn&rsquo;t influential or widely read. This caused much discord but apparently, no real change in direction, either politically or in the quality of the paper.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not the &ldquo;firings will continue until standards improve&rdquo; approach will work is anyone&rsquo;s guess, although I don&rsquo;t know anyone outside the liberal media sphere who believes Wednesday&rsquo;s move made the Post any&nbsp;<em>less<\/em> readable or valuable.<\/p>\n<p><em>Inside<\/em> that sphere, however, there was much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth, and even gnashing of hands and wringing of teeth. That&rsquo;s how upset everyone was that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/katy-perrys-post-flight-comments-perfectly-illustrate-farce-jeff-bezos-historic-female-crew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Bezos<\/a> wasn&rsquo;t running the Post as if it were a charity cause &mdash; which would make it one of the least successful charities in Washington, it must be noted, and that&rsquo;s an <em>accomplishment<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>There were no shortage of bad takes on this, particularly from former Post employees. However, Attiah&rsquo;s is really something to behold, for more reasons than one.<\/p>\n<p>First, if you remember her name, it&rsquo;s probably from the Bluesky post that got her fired, in which she took a quote Charlie Kirk made about Michelle Obama, Sheila Jackson Lee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and other powerful black women saying they were only where they were because of affirmative and cut out the entire part about affirmative action and the powerful women it was referring to, making it sound as if he was making the remark about about the brain power of all black women.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So Karen Attiah says she quoted Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s own words.<\/p>\n<p>She did not. She said &ldquo;you do not&rdquo; &mdash; speaking of specific women &mdash; and Karen dishonestly changed it to &ldquo;black women do not.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She deserved to be fired, entirely, and without any question.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KeWDwbDykw\">pic.twitter.com\/KeWDwbDykw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bqG7th5h5t\">pic.twitter.com\/bqG7th5h5t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pudge (@pudgenet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pudgenet\/status\/1967621354225824215?\">September 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/washington-post-writer-fired-charlie-kirk-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she says she got fired<\/a> because she was, and I quote &ldquo;being silenced &mdash; for doing my job.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Those who still follow her antics on Bluesky learned what her job was on Wednesday after the firings, when she described why Bezos went through with the axing at her former employer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As terrible as what is happening right now to journalism, we actually should dismantle the romantic myths we have of the press in America,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3me2sdgapxs2c\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreignar4rccmj4jj25l5mk52iggxzr54zomspg3pmbfwcgk5vvedoem\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\">\n<p lang=\"en\">As terrible as what is happening right now to journalism, we actually should dismantle the romantic myths we have of the press in America.<\/p>\n<p>I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7\/post\/3me2sdgapxs2c?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karen Attiah (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7?ref_src=embed\">@karenattiah.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7\/post\/3me2sdgapxs2c?ref_src=embed\">February 5, 2026 at 5:16 AM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Oh, but it doth get better.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What people don&rsquo;t know is they the [sic] colonial American press became independent was not because it was enshrined in some glittering document,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The press in America became independent once the [sic] figured out they could sell advertising to get out from having to depend on colonial government backing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So counter-intuitively&mdash; capitalism was an early means to a freer press,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;British imposed heavy fines, taxes and restrictions on press in many of its colonies around the world, including the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Advertising + wealthy owners then became baked into the U.S. newspaper system.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3me2snsrxis2c\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreig6jckldjzsiperccfxbd4jysoes4url367ujoaitgsgrrk7zxx5i\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\">\n<p lang=\"en\">What people don&rsquo;t know is they the colonial American press became independent was not because it was enshrined in some glittering document.<\/p>\n<p>The press in America became independent once the figured out they could sell advertising to get out from having to depend on colonial government backing.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karen Attiah (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7?ref_src=embed\">@karenattiah.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7\/post\/3me2snsrxis2c?ref_src=embed\">February 5, 2026 at 5:22 AM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3me2t2frqk22c\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreiccwg6fuflkfjuyuqmdkrrjd2ssl7asfaza5t37e7p2fptir2laqu\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\">\n<p lang=\"en\">So counter-intuitively&mdash; capitalism was an early means to a freer press.<\/p>\n<p>British imposed heavy fines, taxes and restrictions on press in many of its colonies around the world, including the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Advertising + wealthy owners then became baked into the U.S. newspaper system.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karen Attiah (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7?ref_src=embed\">@karenattiah.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iiofy6mupgapoiz2b3lgfyr7\/post\/3me2t2frqk22c?ref_src=embed\">February 5, 2026 at 5:29 AM<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wow, man. Wow. Like yeah. Insert &ldquo;100&rdquo; emoji here, plus a few hand-clap emojis. Bezos is a white colonizer acting like white colonizers do, just like &hellip; uh, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/levin-cites-ben-franklin-argue-gop-needs-stay-focused-biden-admin-enemy-republic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Franklin<\/a>, I suppose.<\/p>\n<p>There are a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >million hot anti-capitalist takes<\/a> on &ldquo;billionaire used to getting results fires staff on news outlet not getting results,&rdquo; but I&rsquo;ll give the writers of these takes this much: Most of them just attacked the capitalist system in general and said Bezos should have continued funding the Post not just in spite of, but <em>because<\/em> of, its increased irrelevance due to blatant partisanship.<\/p>\n<p>Few have had the nerve to say,&nbsp;<em>accckshuulllly<\/em>, this goes back to colonial practices in America, and we should discard our &ldquo;romantic myths&rdquo; about free speech because it&rsquo;s been all about the Benjamins since the days of Benjamin, baby. (Be sure to subscribe to Attiah&rsquo;s Substack, though!)<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ll also give Karen Attiah this much: If you were an editor on the Washington Post and you weren&rsquo;t sure her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deep-dive-debunking-6-common-charlie-kirk-fake-quotes-lies-leftists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">barely concealed joy over Kirk&rsquo;s assassination<\/a> was a reason to let her go, she&rsquo;s giving you plenty of reasons to have done it after the fact.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Outside of Bluesky, the platform she frequents, she isn\u2019t widely heard from, but on Bluesky she argued that the layoffs at her former newspaper reflect white, colonialist patterns baked into the free press since before America\u2019s founding. The Post, privately owned by Jeff Bezos, announced a sweeping overhaul that cut about a third of its staff and eliminated entire sections, including sports. While the paper\u2019s private finances aren\u2019t disclosed, reports say it lost around $100 million in 2023, reducing its estimated value by roughly 40 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The piece notes that competitors like The New York Times have shifted toward broader coverage, while niche outlets such as Politico and The Hill have captured much of the Capitol Hill audience the Post formerly attracted. In mid-2024, publisher Will Lewis replaced executive editor Sally Buzbee with Matt Murray and warned staff that the paper\u2019s product wasn\u2019t especially influential or widely read. This caused considerable internal turmoil, but left direction largely unchanged. Whether the pledge that \u201cfirings will continue until standards improve\u201d will work remains anyone\u2019s guess, and the author suggests that few people outside liberal media circles believe the Post became less readable or valuable because of the layoffs. Within that circle, however, there was plenty of hand-wringing that Bezos wasn\u2019t running the Post as a charity.<\/p>\n<p>The article then revisits Attiah\u2019s earlier Bluesky post about Kirk, noting that it\u2019s the instance most people remember about her firing. It contends that she did not actually quote Kirk correctly: she claimed she quoted him, but the author argues she did not, and that she instead reframed his words to imply the remark was about Black women in general. After the firings, Attiah described herself as being silenced \u201cfor doing my job.\u201d On Bluesky she defended the firings by arguing that journalism today requires dismantling romantic myths about the American press, and she linked colonial censorship to how the independent press has long served wealthy, white power holders. She asserted that capitalism helped create an independent press by enabling advertising to lessen dependence on government backing, and she claimed that the British had imposed various controls on the press in the colonies.<\/p>\n<p>The piece criticizes these arguments and notes ample anti-capitalist reaction, but argues that few critics acknowledge the colonial-era roots of America\u2019s press system. 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