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Washington Post editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties

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Re: Washington Post editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties

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Post by dangus »

IIAOPSW wrote: post #132

Its impressive how well Bezos has convinced everyone to stop trusting WaPo rather than WaPo convincing everyone to trust Bezos. A paper owned by a wealthy financial interest was hardly unique or novel at the time he took them over, and no one would have been more concerned about it than they already were, and all he had to do was not be overt in his influence and bias of it, but he couldn't refrain.

I’m not convinced the layperson is aware.

I would bet that something like 80 or 90% of Washington Post subscribers don’t know who owns the paper, and I would save you the same thing about the Wall Street Journal.

Re: Washington Post editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties

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Post by Gud »

netsharc wrote: post #176
JeremyNT wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Its impressive how well Bezos has convinced everyone to stop trusting WaPo rather than WaPo convincing everyone to trust Bezos. A paper owned by a wealthy financial interest was hardly unique or novel at the time he took them over, and no one would have been more concerned about it than they already were, and all he had to do was not be overt in his influence and bias of it, but he couldn't refrain. My hypothesis i…

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Does it matter? Trump has destroyed what little good there was in the Republican Party.

Re: Washington Post editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties

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Post by serial_dev »

p_j_w wrote: post #179
netsharc wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I think many people, even here, are infected with “It can’t happen here.”

The best predictor of future events is past experience.

Every US president in history has left office peacefully, the most probable outcome is that future presidents will too.

Similarly, some people always think that the current president will crown himself a king and the Other Party will never ever be able to get into power. And these people have been so far always wrong.

I’m not saying it can’t happen this time, but in my opinion, it is unlikely.

The real skeptical in me says it doesn’t even matter, no matter who you vote for, you’ll get John McCain.

Re: Washington Post editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties

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Post by slg »

bpt3 wrote: post #178
slg wrote: post #164

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That is a silly standard. Hitler was never convicted of war crimes, would you object to someone calling him a war criminal?

I would say that an organization that needs to be highly objective should not call him one. They can certainly point out that he was the leader of a group that was systematically killing millions of people with physical or cultural attributes he deemed undesirable and people will reach the same obvious conclusion about him.

> They can certainly point out that he was the leader of a group that was systematically killing millions of people with physical or cultural attributes he deemed undesirable and people will reach the same obvious conclusion about him.

How do you know this?

Re: Washington Post editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties

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Post by ClownsAbound »

netsharc wrote: post #176
JeremyNT wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Its impressive how well Bezos has convinced everyone to stop trusting WaPo rather than WaPo convincing everyone to trust Bezos. A paper owned by a wealthy financial interest was hardly unique or novel at the time he took them over, and no one would have been more concerned about it than they already were, and all he had to do was not be overt in his influence and bias of it, but he couldn't refrain. My hypothesis i…

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Re: Washington Post editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties

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Post by bpt3 »

slg wrote: post #185
bpt3 wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would say that an organization that needs to be highly objective should not call him one. They can certainly point out that he was the leader of a group that was systematically killing millions of people with physical or cultural attributes he deemed undesirable and people will reach the same obvious conclusion about him.

> They can certainly point out that he was the leader of a group that was systematically killing millions of people with physical or cultural attributes he deemed undesirable and people will reach the same obvious conclusion about him. How do you know this?

Because of thousands upon thousands of documented accounts from eyewitnesses and participants?

I'm aware of what you're trying to do, but there is a difference between stating a generally accepted fact that has a tiny faction of dissenters (e.g. the earth is round) and something that is not and is therefore considered an opinion.

Re: Washington Post editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties

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Post by gryfft »

serial_dev wrote: post #184
p_j_w wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think many people, even here, are infected with “It can’t happen here.”

The best predictor of future events is past experience. Every US president in history has left office peacefully, the most probable outcome is that future presidents will too. Similarly, some people always think that the current president will crown himself a king and the Other Party will never ever be able to get into power. And these people have been so far always wrong. I’m not saying it can’t happen this time, bu…

> The best predictor of future events is past experience.

I have never died before, not once in my life. The most likely outcome is that I will live forever.

Re: Washington Post editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties

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Post by disqard »

serial_dev wrote: post #184
p_j_w wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think many people, even here, are infected with “It can’t happen here.”

The best predictor of future events is past experience. Every US president in history has left office peacefully, the most probable outcome is that future presidents will too. Similarly, some people always think that the current president will crown himself a king and the Other Party will never ever be able to get into power. And these people have been so far always wrong. I’m not saying it can’t happen this time, bu…

Your comment appears to ignore reality.

> Every US president in history has left office peacefully

I guess you consider the J6 riot/insurrection "peaceful"? You're probably in a minority if you think that way.

Re: Washington Post editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties

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Post by netsharc »

serial_dev wrote: post #184
p_j_w wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think many people, even here, are infected with “It can’t happen here.”

The best predictor of future events is past experience. Every US president in history has left office peacefully, the most probable outcome is that future presidents will too. Similarly, some people always think that the current president will crown himself a king and the Other Party will never ever be able to get into power. And these people have been so far always wrong. I’m not saying it can’t happen this time, bu…

> Every US president in history has left office peacefully

Have they memory-holed "Jan 6, 2021" from your history books?

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