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BumRushDaShow

(156,847 posts) Mon Jul 21, 2025, 07:30 PM 13 hrs ago

Washington Post exodus grows as MSNBC host and Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Capehart takes Bezos buyout

Source: The Independent

Monday 21 July 2025 14:39 EDT

The flood of high-profile editorial talent fleeing the Washington Post as the storied newspaper revamps its opinion section to focus exclusively on “personal liberties and free markets” continued to grow this week as Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Jonathan Capehart decided to take a buyout.

Capehart’s departure comes just days after longtime Post reporter and writer Philip Bump announced that he had also accepted a buyout and had written his last column, which followed the paper’s beleaguered CEO Will Lewis’ ultimatum to staffers to leave if they “do not feel aligned” with the company’s new direction.

As first reported by Axios’ Sara Fischer Monday morning, Capehart – who was a member of the Post’s editorial board until 2023 – ended his 18-year run with the paper this week after taking a buyout through the company’s recently implemented voluntary separation program.

Capehart, meanwhile, will continue to co-host MSNBC’s The Weekend, and serve as a political analyst for PBS. The Washington Post and Capehart did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/travel/americas/washington-post-exodus-jonathan-capehart-buyout-bezos-b2793184.html

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Washington Post exodus grows as MSNBC host and Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Capehart takes Bezos buyout (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago OP

"personal liberties and free markets" ......we are witnessing Nixon 3.0 and from a owner that spent 46 million........ turbinetree 12 hrs ago #1

I love Capehart and the other gay men on MSNBC! CTyankee 12 hrs ago #2

Eugene Daniels? ❤️ littlemissmartypants 11 hrs ago #3

Tim Miller wears pearls BonnieJW 11 hrs ago #4

So Rebl2 10 hrs ago #5

Yes, that's him! I like him a lot... CTyankee 9 hrs ago #7

Take your buyout money and start a NEW paper that's really a paper! FakeNoose 10 hrs ago #6

turbinetree

(26,366 posts)

1. "personal liberties and free markets" ......we are witnessing Nixon 3.0 and from a owner that spent 46 million........

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 21, 2025, 07:57 PM

12 hrs ago

to 55 million on a wedding..............this paper should be employee owned..........

CTyankee

(66,587 posts)

2. I love Capehart and the other gay men on MSNBC!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 21, 2025, 08:16 PM

12 hrs ago

And the gay woman who has a segment I watch regularly (my old memory fails me on her name, damnit!). One of the gay men wears a strand of pearls and it is charming and sweet. But they are all excellent at their jobs and I prefer their style, as does my husband. We are in our 80s and we LOVE this new era where people can be valued for being themselves and have a job on national TV.

littlemissmartypants

(28,456 posts)

3. Eugene Daniels? ❤️

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 21, 2025, 08:58 PM

11 hrs ago

https://people.com/eugene-daniels-exclusive-interview-msnbc-hosting-role-11718871

Daniels, 36, is the new senior Washington correspondent for MSNBC, where he is also preparing to take over as a co-host of The Weekend alongside Jonathan Capehart and Jackie Alemany starting Saturday, May 3.

The new role comes at no insignificant time for Daniels, who is also serving as president of the White House Correspondents' Association amid historic tensions involving the Trump administration and the journalists who cover it.