{"id":2612931,"date":"2026-06-10T11:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-resistance-to-reset-washington-post-faces-scrutiny-over-trump-tone-shift\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:55:38","slug":"from-resistance-to-reset-washington-post-faces-scrutiny-over-trump-tone-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-resistance-to-reset-washington-post-faces-scrutiny-over-trump-tone-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"From resistance to reset? Washington Post faces scrutiny over Trump tone shift"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ffrom-resistance-to-reset-washington-post-faces-scrutiny-over-trump-tone-shift%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=2612931&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>Guy Benson of the *Washington Examiner* argued that the *Washington Post* has noticeably shifted its tone on coverage involving President Donald Trump, saying the paper appears too have moved away from resistance-style reporting toward a more \u201cright of center\u201d approach. He suggested this change reflects management decisions aimed at improving competitiveness as readership potentially declined.<\/p>\n<p>Benson linked the shift to changes implemented in 2025 under owner Jeff Bezos. Bezos reportedly directed the opinion pages to focus daily on two pillars-personal liberties and free markets-and mentioned that editor David Shipley stepped down after being asked to lead the new direction. Benson also pointed to greater variety of voices on the *Post*\u2019s editorial side, and he said the move from an anti-Trump stance to a more balanced center-right posture could help the outlet sustain its relevance.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Washington Examiner <\/em>columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/guy-benson\/\">Guy Benson<\/a> scrutinized the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-post\/\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>  for its noticeable shift in tone on articles about President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think there was a leadership decision at the top saying a resistance newspaper is not the path forward any further,\u201d Benson said on Fox Business\u2019s <em>Varney &#038; Company <\/em>on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4600248\/nrsc-refers-challenger-dan-sullivan-fec-campaign-scheme-oust-senator-same-name\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>NRSC refers challenger Dan Sullivan to FEC over campaign \u2018scheme\u2019 to oust senator with same name<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4600238\/undecided-voters-could-push-lindsey-graham-first-runoff\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Undecided voters could push Graham to his first runoff<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4599926\/both-parties-game-2026-map\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Both parties are gaming the map as campaigns search for new 2026 advantages<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benson called it a \u201cfascinating move\u201d by the paper, hinting that the <em>Washington Post <\/em>may have noticed a drop in readership. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He argued that the <em>Washington Post <\/em>decided to move the \u201ceditorial direction not right wing, but right of center, sort of in some ways blue-collar right of center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2025, the owner of the <em>Washington Post, <\/em>Jeff Bezos, announced significant changes to the paper. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He shared a letter he sent to staff <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffBezos\/status\/1894757287052362088\">on X<\/a>, saying, \u201cWe are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also added that David Shipley, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >editorial page editor<\/a> for the paper, stepped down from his role after Bezos asked him to lead this new charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America. I also believe these viewpoints are underserved in the current market of ideas and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-complains-about-fox-news-chyrons-regarding-biden-ignoring-networks-own-chyrons-during-trump\/\" title=\"CNN Complains About Fox News Chyrons Regarding Biden, Ignoring Network\u2019s Own Chyrons During Trump\">news opinion<\/a>,\u201d Bezos said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning:<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m writing to let you know about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-cultural-change-coming-to-america\/\" title=\"Radical Cultural ... Coming to America?\">change coming<\/a> to our opinion pages. <\/p>\n<p>We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We\u2019ll cover other topics too\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffBezos\/status\/1894757287052362088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 100%; max-width: 640px; min-height: 180px; max-height: 360px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3568282&#038;userid=11311&#038;usertype=user&#038;loginid=10455&#038;playercolor=%23000000&#038;playersize=auto&#038;code=1032237a147b801a0ce16f0570a12b98\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benson said decisions were made by management to change how the paper delivers news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe call was made, \u2018We can\u2019t just cater to this emotionally unstable, angry <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/leftism\/\">left-wing<\/a> base. We\u2019re not a political party, really we\u2019re a news organization. Let\u2019s try something different,\u201d Benson said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benson also pointed to shifts within the <em>Washington Post\u2019s<\/em> opinion team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve been encouraged to see the really proliferation and diversity of voices at the <em>Washington Post<\/em> on the editorial side,\u201d Benson said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4600463\/doj-lawsuit-stop-ufc-white-house-event\/\"><strong>DOJ SLAMS LAST-MINUTE LAWSUIT TRYING TO STOP UFC WHITE HOUSE EVENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said that moving from an anti-Trump stance toward a more center-right approach will help the outlet endure and remain competitive in the media landscape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRight, Left, and center. I think that\u2019s a model that more newspapers might want to think about, because the all negative, all partisan, all the time thing had its moment for some, but I\u2019m not sure it\u2019s sustainable,\u201d Benson said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guy Benson said Washington Post leadership decided \u201cresistance\u201d coverage isn\u2019t the way forward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":2612932,"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\/2026\/06\/wapo.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[70344,69766,5894,81136,72346],"class_list":["post-2612931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-donald-trump-2","tag-media-criticism-2","tag-politics","tag-presidential-communication","tag-washington-post-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wapo.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612931","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\/4226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2612931"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2612935,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2612931\/revisions\/2612935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2612932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2612931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2612931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2612931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}