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A former staffer of The Washington Post is taking aim at its owner Jeff Bezos, accusing him of prioritizing his surviva…

In a piece published Tuesday titled "A Billionaire's Surrender," former Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler bega…

"Bezos is a businessman, and the Washington Post is not a charity, so I understand the inclination to demand that losse…

The newsroom should be able to stand on its own feet," Kessler wrote on his Substack.

"But even if the losses are still around $100 million a year — the figure announced a couple of years ago — for a perso…

" He continued, "I don’t think the layoffs have much to do with saving money.

Amazon, after all, just spent $75 million buying and promoting a documentary about Melania Trump.

It’s about power and influence in Donald Trump’s second term.

" WASHINGTON POST STAFFERS FEELING ‘BETRAYED’ AS TURMOIL, LOOMING LAYOFFS ROCK BILLIONAIRE JEFF BEZOS' NEWSROOM Kessler…

"Bezos acknowledged that Trump would assume any negative story about him had been ordered up by Bezos, because that’s w…

But he said that wasn’t our problem.

We only had to write the best stories possible; he could handle the heat if Trump got mad," Kessler wrote.

"Those were comforting words at the time.

As far as I know, Bezos has never interfered with any news coverage during his 13 years as owner — even stories critica…

For many years, he didn’t even appear to get very involved with the editorial page, even though, as owner, he could dic…

" WASHINGTON POST STAFFERS PLEAD WITH BILLIONAIRE OWNER JEFF BEZOS TO THE PAPER AMID MAJOR LOOMING LAYOFFS Despite Trum…

"He appeared to embrace the idea, dare I say, that he was the steward of a public trust," Kessler told readers.

"Presidential-level threats disappeared with Trump’s defeat in 2020, though Joe Biden was no fan of the tech industry.

But when Trump ran again and the Democrats were on the ropes, Bezos’s calculation changed.

He could afford Trump’s first term; a second could be ruinous, especially as Elon Musk, his main rival in the space bus…

" "I used to think billionaires had enough 'f--- you' money to do what they pleased.

But in Trump’s creeping autocracy, and with his campaign of retribution, billionaires have too much to lose," he added.

EDITORIAL OVERHAUL: WASHINGTON POST'S NEW OPINION CHIEF FEELS THE WEIGHT OF THE CHALLENGES AHEAD Kessler went on to say…

" "No longer engaged, Bezos appears to have embraced a crude calculus: laying off staff and trimming the sails of a onc…

Fox News Digital reached out to representatives for Bezos and The Washington Post for .

CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND CULTURE NEWS The criticism comes as Washington Post staffers brace for a brutal rou…

Reports indicate that hundreds of staffers could be let go as a result of the cuts and multiple sections could be gutte…

Bezos took heat from employees in 2024 when he abruptly axed the paper's planned endorsement of Kamala Harris for the W…

The surprising decision shortly before the election sparked massive subscriber losses and a slew of staff resignations.

Bezos later fueled more outrage when he announced he was overhauling its editorial pages to promote "free markets and p…