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.

During her four-decade-long career at the Washington Post, the left-leaning Marcus has covered legal affairs, politics and policy.

Veteran Washington Post columnist and associate editor Ruth Marcus quit the paper on Monday after she said publisher Will Lewis "spiked" a column "expressing concern" over owner Jeff Bezos' recently announced new direction for the opinion section.