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(158,637 posts) Mon Jul 21, 2025, 07:30 PM Jul 21

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 Jul 21 OP

"personal liberties and free markets" ......we are witnessing Nixon 3.0 and from a owner that spent 46 million........ turbinetree Jul 21 #1

I love Capehart and the other gay men on MSNBC! CTyankee Jul 21 #2

Eugene Daniels? ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jul 21 #3

Tim Miller wears pearls BonnieJW Jul 21 #4

So Rebl2 Jul 21 #5

Yes, that's him! I like him a lot... CTyankee Jul 21 #7

Take your buyout money and start a NEW paper that's really a paper! FakeNoose Jul 21 #6

I cancelled my subscription months ago, but it runs until the end of this month. I've been inundated with really Raftergirl Jul 23 #8

I quit when I was paying $2.99 and they keep offering me $3.99 per month! Maeve Jul 23 #9

turbinetree

(26,474 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

Jul 21

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

CTyankee

(66,892 posts)

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

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 21, 2025, 08:16 PM

Jul 21

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

(29,091 posts)

3. Eugene Daniels? ❤️

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 21, 2025, 08:58 PM

Jul 21

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.