The Washington Post’s new right-leaning opinion editor fired at least half a dozen staffers — some of whom learned of their terminations while observing the Jewish high holy day of Yom Kippur — according to a new report.

Adam O’Neal, the former Economist journalist who was recently hired by the Jeff Bezos-owned broadsheet to overhaul its opinion section , reportedly handed out pink slips to staffers including some well-known names last week.

It was the latest in a series of changes that have roiled the newspaper since Bezos proclaimed earlier this year that the opinion section would shift to champion “free markets and personal liberties” in the wake of President Trump’s reelection. 3

David Hoffman, a Pulitzer Prize winner and longtime contributing editor and WaPo editorial board

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