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WaPo columnist quits after it nixes her piece criticizing owner Bezos
A columnist who has worked at the Washington Post since 1984 quit on Monday, after she said the publisher Will Lewis killed her column criticizing owner Jeff Bezos' edict that the newspaper's editorial section concentrate on issues of personal liberties and the free market. Ruth Marcus wrote in a resignation letter that “it breaks my heart to conclude that I must leave.” Her exit was first reported by The New York Times. The Post said that it respected Marcus' decision and wishes her the best. The newspaper has been reeling, both financially and through an exodus of many of its journalists, over the past year.
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