A recent exodus of talent from The Washington Post has prompted more than 400 of its staffers to send an unusual letter to the Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos, expressing alarm over the newspaper’s direction and asking him to intervene.

In a letter, more than 400 employees asked Jeff Bezos, the company’s owner and founder of Amazon, to meet, saying they were “deeply alarmed” by recent decisions at the paper.

A mass exodus at the Washington Post has prompted 400 journalists to request Jeff Bezos’s intervention, citing lost trust due to recent leadership decisions and a significant drop in subscribers, following layoffs and financial struggles.

The letter from Washington Post staffers asked the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, to meet with its leaders.

After years of “democracy dies in the darkness,” The Washington Post now wants to play host to “riveting storytelling for all of America.” The new mission statement was previewed to some staffers by Post chief strategy officer Suzi Watford in meetings this week,

This is about retaining our competitive edge, restoring trust that has been lost, and reestablishing a relationship with leadership based on open communication,’ the petition, which was sent to Bezos on Wednesday,

This week, The Post began trying out a new mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.” After Donald J. Trump entered the White House in 2017, The Washington Post adopted a slogan that underscored the newspaper’s traditional role as a government watchdog: “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”

Quick don't look is this the statement for Disney Plus, Max, or The Washington Post,’ one observer noted after it as reported The Washington Post had embraced ‘Riveting Storytelling for All of America’ as its new motto.