This Is How Journalism Dies

Not with censorship. With layoffs, obedience, and a very expensive shrug.

The sheep don’t usually bother with billionaires. They chew, watch, and listen for changes in the wind. But yesterday, even the sheep stopped chewing.

Because yesterday, one of the most powerful men in the world decided that more than a third of a newsroom was expendable. Investigative reporters. Foreign correspondents. Journalists who spent their lives …