Washington Post staffers shocked after owner Jeff Bezos issues op-ed mandate

One of the world's richest men has radically shifted the direction of one of the country's most influential op-ed pages. Billionaire Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post, announced that the paper's opinion pages would now focus on "personal liberties and free markets."

"Viewpoints opposing those pillars," Bezos wrote, "will be left to be published by others." Washington Post opinion editor David Shipley stepped down in response to the move, which comes four months after Bezos killed the Post's endorsement of former Vice President Kamala Harris.

NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik joins us to discuss what the new directive means for the Washington Post and the media at large.