“There was a time when a newspaper, especially one that was a local monopoly, might have seen it as a service to bring to the reader’s doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all views,” Bezos wrote. “Today, the internet does that job.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2025/02/26/washington-post-bezos-opinions-section/

You can find this story buried on the homepage now, by "Washington Post Staff" in a story about the resignation of the post's Opinions editor David Shipley.

Yeah, Jeff, just like Meta moving to community notes. We've seen what happens when you expect the Internet to get it right.

We live in the dumbest timeline (and possibly the most dangerous).

The United States Department of Health and Human Services just informed employees they need not respond to the email demanding they share their weekly accomplishments. However, if they do respond, HHS tells them “Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors.”

Did you know that GOP congressman Cory Mills beat a women (not his wife) at his home in DC so badly that the police sent an arrest warrant to the US Attorney's office but that the Trumpist acting US Attorney won't pursue it?

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-big-scandal-brewing-at-dc-us-attys-office