The Exodus from the Washington Post

Post by bediger4000 » Mon, Aug 04, 2025, 11:36 PM UTC

mrangle wrote: post #7

bediger4000 wrote: post #2

I cancelled my WaPo subscription after Bezos personally intervened to block what to me seemed like an obvious endorsement of Harris and then scolded us all a few days later. No American should allow themselves to be scold by an oligarch without rebuke, and unsubscribing is the only way to do that. Despite what the article says, it's pretty easy to decide that Bezos' direct and one step indirect decisions are what's d…

Aren't Americans also scolded by oligarchs, via the media that oligarchs own, when the scolding is of the type with which you agree? Isn't oligarch decision making what causes media to also pursue directions with which you agree?

Maybe. Bezos' editorial was pretty direct, and I felt insulting.

As to your second question: no. Every billionaire is a policy mistake.

Post by mrangle » Tue, Aug 05, 2025, 2:05 AM UTC

bediger4000 wrote: post #11

mrangle wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aren't Americans also scolded by oligarchs, via the media that oligarchs own, when the scolding is of the type with which you agree? Isn't oligarch decision making what causes media to also pursue directions with which you agree?

Maybe. Bezos' editorial was pretty direct, and I felt insulting. As to your second question: no. Every billionaire is a policy mistake.

What's the practical difference between A Bezos editorial and an editorial board editorial from a paper that he owns?

Whether I'm scolded by Bezos or Bezos's editorial board, it's still being scolded by Bezos. Or whomever owns the next media outlet in question.

After all if Bezos openly controls the editorial direction of the paper at any point in time, then it would be ridiculous to assume that any media outlet's editorial staff is not directionally influenced by their employer generally.

You don't believe that media ownership by any given billionaire influences media opinion with which you agree?

That's a strange take for someone whom I assume asserts a moral logic in their worldview. How can billionaires only be guilty of media control when you disagree with the editorial direction?

What does "every billionaire is a policy mistake mean" in the context of my second question? Your comment seems like a non sequitur.

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