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.”

The Washington Post is laying off nearly 100 workers, or 4% of its staff, in an attempt to stem growing losses. The cuts will affect mainly employees on the business side of the storied US newspaper owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

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,

The Washington Post used to think democracy dies in darkness, but it apparently has no need for that silly old slogan anymore. Let’s not think too hard about the fact that it was originally adopted in 2017 to underscore the paper’s position on Donald Trump’s first term,