David Furst
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Reposted by David Furst
Former Wash Post top editor Cameron Barr severs ties to the company

He writes that Bezos’ revamp marks an “unacceptable erosion of its commitment to publishing a healthy diversity of opinion and opinion”

www.linkedin.com/posts/camero...
Cameron Barr on LinkedIn: Today I am ending my professional association with The Washington Post…
Today I am ending my professional association with The Washington Post. Since my decision to step down as senior managing editor in 2023, I have been…
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February 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Reposted by David Furst
No one had died of measles in America for ten years, until yesterday.

That 2015 death in WA was preceded by a 12y period of no US deaths. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says it’s “not unusual.” apnews.com/article/meas...

It is unusual. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
February 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Reposted by David Furst
Jeff Bezos revamps Washington Post opinion section, leading opinions editor David Shipley to quit

www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...
Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit
Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns the Post, says the newspaper's editorial section will publish columns only "in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
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February 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Hello Bluesky. Delighted to be here. And intrigued to find out who might also be here.
December 8, 2023 at 12:19 AM