Pulitzer Prize Winner Quits Washington Post, Slams Jeff Bezos Over 'Mistake'

Columnist Eugene Robinson wrote that the billionaire's plans "spurred" his departure after over four decades at the newspaper.

Eugene Robinson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at The Washington Post, announced that he’s leaving the newspaper on Thursday after billionaire owner Jeff Bezos’ overhaul to its editorial pages.

Robinson — in an email to Post staffers — wrote that Bezos’ plan for a “significant shift” to the opinion section’s mission “has spurred me to decide that it’s time for my next chapter,” The New York Times’ Ben Mullin reported.

Robinson, who joined the newspaper back in 1980, appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” back in February where he slammed Bezos’ decision at the time.

“This is not the way we have worked to produce what is, I believe, objectively the best opinion section in American journalism and I would — I would defend that,” he said.

“I think it’s a mistake journalistically, I think it’s a mistake as a business proposition but, you know, it leaves us with choices and decisions to make about our futures.”