Washington Post Media Critic Erik Wemple on Buyouts, Bezos, and Trump’s Fox News Problem

Kathryn Wilkens Jun 3rd, 2025, 9:48 am

Erik Wemple , media critic at , has been in the game long enough to have seen more than a few buyout cycles at the paper. But even for a veteran journalist, the latest round — arriving amid subscriber churn, ownership angst, and editorial upheaval — feels different.

“You have to take these things seriously,” Wemple told Mediaite editor Aidan McLaughlin on this week’s episode of , noting that the buyout offers extended to the entire Opinions staff, including himself. “Regardless of the situation at , you’re in an industry that’s uncertain.”

Yet he pushed back on the narrative that owner Jeff Bezos’ editorial moves — including the spike of the paper

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