Washington Post announces mass layoffs, eliminating its sports department Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier discusses the Washington Post announcing sweeping layoffs and the elimination of their sports department on ‘Special Report.’ NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Readers will always read, and news junkies will always find and especially read news. Reading is simply faster than broadcast, so news delivered by text is always going to have a market. That reality does not,