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India: What’s behind the Layoffs at The Washington Post?

Vish Desai - February 17, 2026. Published in Amar Ujala

The Washington Post Guild, the staff union, questioned Bezos' commitment, saying that if he is no longer willing to invest in its mission, the institution needs a steward who understands it.

Austria: Jeff Bezos Is Not Solely To Blame for The Washington Post’s Decline

Kirsty Low - February 14, 2026. Published in Der Standard

[E]ven a new owner ... would be unable to avoid making cuts to the editorial staff, and even that wouldn’t guarantee the Post’s survival.

South Korea: A Billionaire Murders the Press

Ruthie Yarbrough - February 12, 2026. Published in Hankookilbo

The person cost the newspaper both readers and trust was the owner himself.

Taiwan: Looking at Possible Effects of the Election from a Polarized American Society

Jennifer Sampson - November 4, 2024. Published in UDN

Canada: Billionaire Owners of Washington Post and LA Times Are Bending the Knee to Donald Trump

Rejeanne Lacroix - October 30, 2024. Published in Toronto Star

Ireland: Irish Examiner View: a Bad Look for American Broadsheets

Rejeanne Lacroix - October 29, 2024. Published in Irish Examiner

Canada: US Conservatives — Don’t Lecture Canada about Freedom and Democracy

Rejeanne Lacroix - February 23, 2022. Published in Ottawa Citizen

Philippines: Modernizing Repression

Robin Koerner - August 4, 2021. Published in BusinessWorld

China: China’s Nuclear Deterrence Buildup Cannot Be Tied Down by the US

Robin Koerner - July 3, 2021. Published in Global Times

If China has enough nuclear capacity to deter the U.S., that will serve as the foundation of China's national will.

France: Comparing the Mask to the Veil Is Playing into Salafism

Robin Koerner - May 23, 2020. Published in Le Figaro

By equating a safety mask with a veil of political and religious significance ... The Washington Post aligns itself — without appearing to — with the views of radical preachers.

France: The Jeff Bezos Divorce: An American Soap Opera

Robin Koerner - February 21, 2019. Published in Le Point

AMI should have realized that you can’t tease the richest man in the world and get away with it.

Italy: Amazon: Bezos Accuses Tabloid Close to Trump: ‘You Are Blackmailing Me’

Laurence Bouvard - February 11, 2019. Published in Corriere della Sera

Sex, blackmail and politics.

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