Here is a 2018 conversation between Jeff Bezos and German publisher Matthias Döpfner at a Business Insider event. Presumably, he is as crimson as a Washington State cherry today:
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As a journalist, it must be difficult to sit across from these guys with a straight face knowing how full of shit they are, nary a moral compass between them. Is it just a dick-measuring contest to see who the biggest asshole in capitalism is?
Beautiful. I'm hearing a lot of people either cancelling Amazon or at least the "Subscribe & Save" items (which I believe is important to them). I wonder how long it will take for that to show in the financial reports?
In all the years we have criticized and talking about the tech bros - we all profited because every 401k with a mid to long range horizon lapped up FANG- and now we are paying for it.
He bought it for $250M, seems like a lot, but it's under 1/100th of what Musk blew on Twitter and a tiny fraction of Bezos' wealth. The best outcome is for readers of the Post to shift their focus to other publications that hire the journalists from WaPo as it collapses. Sad that that's the hope.
It’s cost him some brand value as well. It’s going to continue to lose subscribers and advertisers. I suppose he could just see it as a loss leader for his other businesses.
Wow. What happened to this guy? Maybe it’s steroids or whatever he is doing to try to
Pump himself up. Sad he lost all integrity. I hope he still hates himself at 80.
For heavens sake Kara, these LIES has been going on for decades now. We are all used to all the LIES that goes around him. No one is amused anymore. He won't budge nor do a thing to correct his mistakes. He just now is a lap dog, a shameless one. And I hope he turns red & feel icky all his life.
I wonder sometimes are there any patriots for this moment in history? I find myself wishing for babies dying of Mesales, farmers losing their farms, Ebola making it to America and again him saying it will just go away. Refrigerator trucks pulled up to hospitals. It is not me losing my humanity. HOPE
Pathetic “icky” hypocrite. BTW What grown man says icky? Yes Jeff, someday, if you have any kind of conscious you will be very ashamed of your greed and your cowardly weakness
This conversation must have occurred before Bezos had his midlife crisis and hooked up with Silicone Barbie because now they have no shame or embarrassment.
If Marty Baron still ran the Boston Globe he would likely instruct the Spotlight crew to investigate Bezos for his lack of journalistic integrity. Perhaps
My question is - why does one of the richest men in the world need to firstly buy a worldwide renowned newspaper and secondly why does he feel he needs to get involved editorially 🤔
He’s beholden to Trump and his regime, just as the misfit Zuckerberg is, so that they aren’t on the receiving end of Trump’s wrath. Also, they want to protect their wealth, because they never have enough. They all suffer from arrested development and tiny penis syndrome.
Most people are hypocrites.
The problem with having billions of dollars is that there is nothing others really can do to keep those hypocrisies in check. Every Billionaire is corrupted by wealth because every human is. Society requires enough equality to be able to call people out on their shit.
To be honest, WaPo management made WaPo a failure on their own. I don't blame Bezos for rebooting it with a different charter, as it was clearly dying throughout all of 2024.
Döpfner wrote an OpEd during the most recent German election, sucking up to Vance over his glorious performance at Munich security conference.
Very AfD adjacent, while dipping the tippy toe in Bezos’ subservient water
He lies just like the Dear Leader he's pandering to. Nothing trumps money and power. Democracy? Who needs that? It just gives the little people fancy ideas about their importance to the system.
Oh my god, Döpfner, the Head of the BILD. He is a Fan of Trump and Vance and is with Thiel. He pushed a very conservative agenda during our elections. Raising fear and so on…
That is, of course, if he only has shame. He doesn’t. Today’s Maga and Tech bro oligarchy have no shame. They live and work with impunity. They don’t care.
With the MAGAs in total control at this point, I'm guessing that the Zuckerbergs and Bezoses (Bezi?) of the world have finally decided to stop pretending to give a rat's ass about anything but their own greed anymore and have just hit the "Fuck It" button.
Never watching anything on Amazon Prime again, never ordering anything from Amazon. Bezos enables and supports a fascist, wannabe dictator. We all need to stand up and do something every day to resist. Giving money to someone aiding and abetting Trump is completely out of the question.
It's fascinating to see Bezos advocate for journalistic independence back in 2018. His commitment to not interfere feels almost paradoxical considering the landscape now. The cherry metaphor fits—sometimes the ripest fruit can hide a few sour notes.
Come on Bezos. What you said there is sensible and reasonable and the answer you'd expect from the citizen of a democratic republic. If your billions aren't enough to protect you from being a cowardly bootlicking prick, then what was the point ? You took all the fun out of being a billionaire.
Was he really though? The way he treats his employees at the warehouses, the way Amazon has wiped out small businesses, thanks to thoughtless consumers. I think that says a lot.
To be fair he never said he would feel humiliated interfering with reporting any critical Trump stories, especially after all that mansculpting & wife-cheating. He’s at peace with himself.
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This disruption is coming to a head though.
"The older you get, the more like yourself you become."
We know beyond question what Bezos is.
there’s something undeveloped in all of these guys.
#Trump is disgusted by people with disabilities.
Using #AltText tells people all bodies are valued. #AltText is a small but significant act of resistance.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
It's that simple.
Matthias Döpfner is the german equivalent of Roger Ailes.
Ruthless & cruel & white supremacist.
Keep rubbing the monolith on Clavius, like Catholic rosary beeds. I remember *your* friend "rose garden funeral of sores."
Pump himself up. Sad he lost all integrity. I hope he still hates himself at 80.
No, perhaps not.
https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-interview-axel-springer-ceo-amazon-trump-blue-origin-family-regulation-washington-post-2018-4
What are any of you going to do about it?
The problem with having billions of dollars is that there is nothing others really can do to keep those hypocrisies in check. Every Billionaire is corrupted by wealth because every human is. Society requires enough equality to be able to call people out on their shit.
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How do feel about fake tits and penis implants?
How quickly one forgets their so called dignity and ethics.
Very AfD adjacent, while dipping the tippy toe in Bezos’ subservient water
Kinda gotta wonder what happened to cause such a shift. Don’t think it’s just money. That one’s obvious.
You are a very well feathered embarrassment to humanity.
Wow, this whole article.
Traitor
https://bsky.app/profile/ferdpo.bsky.social/post/3lj3ufvb62s2w
A reminder that no amount of money will cure Cowardice.
It's called Citizen Kane
Odds are he’ll cast himself as James Bond
Such a lack of honesty and integrity says everything you need to know about him and MAGA.
You would reach more people, when you add a good description into the Alt-text field.
That is pretty easy, especially, when your image just contain text.
This way, you support visually impaired people and everyone else, who rely on a good filled Alt-text.
#accessibility
Hope this helps!
https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-interview-axel-springer-ceo-amazon-trump-blue-origin-family-regulation-washington-post-2018-4
https://5calls.org/
Cowardly Jeff Bezos is an edge case, avidly shitting on the democracy that birthed him.
I was never a subscriber to Amazon. And I stopped using Whole Foods when he bought it. I suggest others do the same. ✨✌🏽💙