Top Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned, accusing the paper's chief executive and publisher Will Lewis of killing her column that criticized owner Jeff Bezos's mandate to shift opinion columns to focus on libertarian sentiments.

Ruth Marcus, a longtime op-ed writer for the Washington Post, quit on Monday after, she said, her column criticizing owner Jeff Bezos was killed by publisher.

A columnist who has worked at The Washington Post for four decades resigned on Monday after she said the newspaper’s management decided not to run her commentary critical of owner Jeff Bezos’ new editorial policy.

Journalist Ruth Marcus, who has worked for the Washington Post since 1984, has stood down after a row over the paper refusing to run an opinion piece by her that was critical of owner Jeff Bezos. “It breaks my heart to conclude that I must leave,