If you interfere with your business in a way that upsets staff and customers, you risk their ire—no matter the reasons for your decisions.

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Wednesday announced a “significant shift” to the publisher’s opinion page that led David Shipley, the paper’s editorial page editor, to leave the paper.

Jeff Bezos has decided to implement a major shift in the editorial policy of The Washington Post. The billionaire declared that the news publication’s opinion pages will focus exclusively on ‘personal liberties’ and ‘free markets’ going forward.