The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos narrowed the topics covered by its opinion section Wednesday to defending personal liberties and the free market, a pivot away from its traditional broad focus and prompting the news outlet's opinion editor to resign. An Associated Press dispatch to The Globe says that Mr. Bezos said on X that "viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others." The move was received by some as an indication that Mr. Bezos is making decisions for the storied news outlet with an eye toward avoiding retaliation by President Donald Trump. Mr. Bezos, though, cast the change as a modernization from the days when newspapers offered opinions on a broad range of topics. Now, he said, "We are going to be writing every day in support and defence of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets." Opinions editor David Shipley resigned rather than lead the shift, Mr. Bezos said. The pivot echoes Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal: "free markets, free people." Mr. Bezos's critics said it was evidence that he is moving the outlet toward Mr. Trump, his followers and the interests of billionaires. Among those cheering was Elon Musk.