I continue to subscribe to the Washington Post because of outstanding reporting of its journalists. At first sign of Bezos’s heavy, partisan hand altering news coverage, I will cancel my subscription. I worry for all the journalists there who deserve a champion.
https://open.substack.com/pub/margaretsullivan/p/the-tragic-fall-of-the-washington?r=2901o
https://open.substack.com/pub/margaretsullivan/p/the-tragic-fall-of-the-washington?r=2901o
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You think it’s a coincidence that WP has basically stopped any critical reporting of the Trump admin?
The writing is on the wall.
It is past time we put our $$ where our mouth is and support independent outlets like Propublica and others.
Anyone worth following is on Substack plus Medias Touch, Mueller She Wrote, The Guardian, The Contrarion, and The Bulwark to name a few.
Don't forget Amazon and Whole Foods. Stop feeding the beast.
Topics off limits, cartoons being censored, opposing views to Bozo unwelcome, that’s plenty of reasons to cancel.
I never thought we'd have so much simultaneous and abundant proof supporting the phrase "absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Bezos showed his hand. He may not even have to overtly and explicitly alter coverage.
Has no one ever read any Noam Chomsky? This is how propaganda works.
You have a platform.
You are using it to hold up an oligarch. That is...a choice.
It is also how they grow.
"Oh I'm WATCHING him."
Passivity stops nothing.
And a huge part of why we are where we are.
Good grief.
NOW is the time...a few months ago was the time.
I will subscribe to writers who leave.
I will not be a part of building fascism up because someone I like still profits from it.
They never stopped to ask how a queer might feel about being invited to swim in a pool paid for knowingly by hatred of them.
Maybe make a casserole for your friends instead of supporting their oligarch boss.
Then consider how your posts look through an intersectional lens because OOFAH
We don't get one while the problems are allowed to grow by people with *checks notes* platforms.
https://bsky.app/profile/jamisonfoser.bsky.social/post/3ljbixcrggc2d