“During my tenure, difficult decisions have been taken in order to ensure the sustainable future of The Post so it can for many years ahead publish high-quality nonpartisan news to millions of customers each day,” Lewis wrote in the email. Lewis had become a target of criticism over his leadership of the paper and his apparent absence during the layoffs, appearing on the red carpet at an NFL event during the run-up to the Super Bowl at a time when staffers were losing their jobs. On Thursday, Post economics reporter Jeff Stein highlighted on X what he called the “contrast” between the image of Lewis in California and laid-off Post reporter Lizzie Johnson covering the war in Ukraine with dispatches in pencil because ink can freeze in winter there.
Author: Dennis Romero, Daniel Arkin
Published at: 2026-02-07 23:20:53
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