Many journalists and other liberal activists freaked out on Wednesday after Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder and compassionate steward of the failing Washington Post , expressed his support for "personal liberties" and "free markets." The billionaire's remarks came in a bland memo to Post staff announcing changes to the paper's opinion section, as well as the departure of opinion editor David Shipley, who evidently did not share Bezos's view that freedom is good. Full disclosure: Both Bezos (2024)