The Washington Post was in turmoil Friday after its owner Jeff Bezos ordered its journalists to censor its endorsement of Kamala Harris. His move was revealed by the newspaper’s own reporters —as one of its star writers, policy expert Robert Kagan, quit and its legendary former editor Marty Baron erupted in rage.

A spiked editorial puts the owner's conflicts in a sharp light. And the uproars are only going to keep coming.

Billionaire Jeff Bezos is practicing what has become the gloomy watchword of an anxiety-ridden month: anticipatory obedience.