Breaking News: The Washington Post’s opinion editor is leaving as the newspaper's owner, Jeff Bezos, focuses the section on “personal liberties and free markets.”
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There uses to be a time when people interested in journalism went into the newspaper business. The knew there was more to it that turning a buck. It was a home for those that did journalism too.
Now it's just for personal profit and power.
They actually had a story today on how Musks subsidies from the US govt. The story should have been published during the election. Not sure where WaPo is heading.
Glaringly missing words: "focus on (a) removal of legal fictions that exempt certain persons from the personal responsibilities that are concomitant to personal liberties and (b) removal of legal fictions and taxpayer subsidies that distort 'free markets'."
Bezos’ idea of free markets is a place where monopolies can freely use predatory behavior to limit competition without any interference from the government
Bezos has reportedly been told that Blue Origins has a "Washington Post" problem in terms of winning gov't contracts. Today's editorial shift could have helped him if the intended audience was the pre-Trump GOP, which did care about civil liberties and free markets. These clowns? No
Thanks for posting. I got rid of the WPo shortly after Bezos bought it, knowing he was an ass of a human. I just didn’t realize how big an ass. I’m wondering: does hubris cause dementia?
These are all the stages of a presidential coup. Dishonesty corruption kissing the ring of the dictator, we all knew it was coming. Trump didn't run for president to be president he wanted retribution on Americans that held him accountable for his crimes. He will continue his coup, he has immunity.
I remember when Bezos was selling us CDs and Books out of the trunk of his car(early internet) in the early 2000s. Who knew he'd become the world's cyber 'Mall' in less than 20 years...to much innovation, too soon and now we are addicted to it. Let's see how Amazon does on Feb 28th...
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"...the paper is now “searching for a new opinion editor to own this new direction”.
I bet that they'll find someone from FOX !
The dawn of the new all-powerful USAians oligarchy !
Way to go USA ! 👍
Le Temps was the serious paper of record in Paris from 1861 to 1942. During the Nazi occupation, it became associated with the Vichy regime, which destroyed its reputation. Following the war, Charles de Gaulle requested that "Le Monde" be founded to replace it.
And Bezos is jacked (very naturally no doubt)… so what’s the big deal. BTW, I’ve heard his lifting is enhanced by a Dunning-Kruger regimen. Could be wrong, tbh ;-)
I ask because Greta Gerwig inserted Nietzsche's existential perspectivism deeply into "Barbie." Even Ken's clumsy attempts to court Barbie were a metaphor for everyone's clumsy attempts at Truth herself. Ryan Gosling deserved all the awards. 🤣
We need to have rallies in the three constituencies that are up for special elections in March and April.
The time is NOW! If we take back Congress, at least there is checks, balances and oversight!!!
Time to dump WaPo: unsubscribe from its social media feeds, don’t click their links, and don’t share anything they publish. If someone shares a link, explain why you won’t click it.
Dump Amazon too.....some people can't; think rural. Some won't. Some can and will. Prime seems like a great candidate to dump. Fight the broligarch, crypto-fascists.
The Freedman idea that the social responsibility of business is to increase profits and that it’s not responsible for externalities like, for instance climate change, public health, or democracy. Fuc* Bezos.
Jared Kushner enjoyed some personal liberty to betray WaPo journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Saudis, who promptly disposed of his body with a free market bone saw.
My WP subscription ends in April. They took away my right to comment 2 yrs ago. I pity the journalists still there but I will live with m NYT subscription for now: don't sell us out or else.
Bezo is out of his depth and needs to get out of the press business. In the end his involvement at the Post and his throttling of the news will injure his businesses. People will make the connection and remember. Growth at Amazon and his businesses will stall. Just look at Tesla’s stock price.
This is no longer the Graham’s Washington Post. My Weekly Reader has more credibility. Sad for their talented and dedicated staff. WaPo is now dead to me.
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What does that even mean?
Shop locally whenever you can. Keep the money in your community Everyone in the community benefits.
Now it's just for personal profit and power.
Free markets allows criticism of tarrifs and crony government contracts?
Ay dame dame
Dame un beso…”
The Bezos letter should be a NY Times ad to attract new subscribers
We’re now witnessing the effects of the coup.
Hope you’re ready to take back your country by force. No one’s taking it back for us.
John Deere
Harley Davidson
Jack Daniel’s
Ford Motor
Lowe’s
Molson Coors
Boeing
Walmart
McDonald’s
Meta
Amazon
Target
The Smithsonian Institution
Google
Amtrak
Accenture
Pepsi
GM
Disney
GE
Intel
PayPal
Chipotle
Comcast
PBS
Deloitte
Goldman Sachs
Coca Cola
Citigroup
JP Morgan Chase
I bet that they'll find someone from FOX !
The dawn of the new all-powerful USAians oligarchy !
Way to go USA ! 👍
It can and is happening here.
Did you watch "Barbie?"
https://jacobin.com/2024/05/nietzsche-deleuze-marx-postmodernism-socialism
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/nietzsche/1886/beyond-good-evil/preface.htm
https://youtu.be/6SlFv5iZPs4?si=r0bSAJa7XvMb2xS7
Trump implements the 1933 Nazi runbook ("Gleichschaltung") to the letter.
Read this, and tell me how far along we are already
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichschaltung
billionaire point of view.
And RIP The Washington Post, it’s now officially dead.
The time is NOW! If we take back Congress, at least there is checks, balances and oversight!!!
Oh wait, you guys already sanewash Cheetolini, never mind.
"Fuck Jeff Bezos and all other billionaires into the sun"
My prospects aren't great now.
But most importantly, he needs to sell the Post. He is a disgrace.