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Initially, when Bezos bought it, reports out of WaPo were Bezos was only interested in digitization and such. Now, this election, he full bore wants Democracy to die in darkness.
For the younger crowd, WaPo wasn’t just an old newspaper, it famously broke the Watergate news that led to President Nixon’s resignation.
So Bezos killing this particular newspaper, especially on the eve of Authoritarianism, is more significant than with any of the other old school newspapers of our country.
I suppose in some ways it’s good in that it’s an open demonstration of how Presidents Musk & Trump are going to control the news that reaches our eyes going forward.
Jokes on them though. I get my news from a skeezy cast of streamers and podcasters most definitely bankrolled by the Kremlin.
Well of course but they’re jacked right?
And just try telling me you haven't 100x'd your supplement game thanks to SkeezeCast.
Which is exactly how Trump ala Musk got elected. Now WaPo will be the same kind of news source as those
Old enough to remember when it was exciting to read WaPo because it was just a notably higher level of journalism than most other papers. It became a side hustle for bezos and now a mouthpiece for agendas. Crappy rag.
This is really insulting to the real President: Musk.
I used to like the journalism here, but I think I'm fine supporting this post. Any recommendations where to get good and truly honest journalism these days?
This is an excellent summary of something I've failed to explain to younger folks. Thank you.
People will forget though...just like they forget about everything else and leave it out of their thoughts about anything moving forward (e.g. Citizen's United, the 1/6/21 coup attempt, etc.).
According to conservatives it was no coup. I wish I was joking.
In some cases it’s not forgetting, it’s never encoding the information to memory on the day it happens.
History is written by the winners...who are chosen by the press.