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Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by mirkules »

basil-rash wrote: post #69
gh02t wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's amusing to imagine an internal "Bezos shit list" at Amazon, where being on this list causes everything you order get flagged and delayed/mispacked/etc.

Oh god, can you imagine if you consistently got your orders fulfilled by the scam/knockoff providers? Being absurdly rich, yet everything you own is cheaply made and you have no clue why.

Wow, you have just described my Amazon shopping experience, except without being absurdly (or even remotely) rich.

But seriously, I actually got caught up in Amazon’s anti-fake-review dragnet and my account cannot review anymore without possibility of appeal. Being falsely accused made me irritated just enough to boycott all Amazon services.

At first it was tough, but then I realized I spend money on good quality products now, and, because I either have to wait for shipping from other suppliers or go in-person to a store, I’ve eliminated online impulse buys. It’s actually amazing how much fake or cheap stuff there is on Amazon.

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by deegles »

meko wrote: post #75
kentm wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What Gawker did to Hulk Hogan was illegal and unethical. And when they were told to take the video down by a judge they refused to do so. Gawker lost because they were in the wrong and were destroyed because they refused to just take the L

What happened to freedom of the press?

Maybe reality is a bit more nuanced than “the press can publish anything without consequences.”

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by mabbo »

StudentStuff wrote: post #83
labster wrote: post #32

Looks like David Pecker just lost his Prime membership. Enjoy a lifetime of 14 day shipping, bro.

Likely just switch to eBay at that point, with Fast & Free most items show up in 2 or 3 days. Newegg and a few hundred others also do Shoprunner, which is 2 day shipping if you spend enough to qualify (iirc buying a few hundred dollars a year worth of stuff). Cutting Amazon out of my life has definitely been an improvement :D

I believe you may have taken the previous post as serious rather than the joke it was.

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by rajacombinator »

FreedomToCreate wrote: post #5

To modify a quote from The Dark Knight: "Let me get this straight, you think one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the world, who owns the Washington Post and pays out of his own pocket to send rockets to space, won't stand up for himself so your plan is to blackmail this person? Good Luck

Keep in mind the people on the other side of this, according to Bezos, are the Saudis. I’d bet on their luck over his.

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by sytelus »

aerovistae wrote: post #28
FreedomToCreate wrote: post #5

To modify a quote from The Dark Knight: "Let me get this straight, you think one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the world, who owns the Washington Post and pays out of his own pocket to send rockets to space, won't stand up for himself so your plan is to blackmail this person? Good Luck

Same thing I was thinking. That said, I hate the National Enquirer and I am praying this leads to their destruction. On a tangentially related note I also believe there ought to be laws restricting paparazzi from harassing people. I think it's awful every time I see someone trying to walk down the street or out of a hospital or courthouse and swarmed by cameras that won't leave them alone even in moments of grief. Th…

You are missing the point. Entities like National Enquirer are not like Gawker that was bankrupted by Thiel with his wealth might. These entities are funded by politics aka American GDP aka your tax dollars. As Bezos clearly outlined in this letter, Trump administration helped these people have very lucrative deals with Saudies to get their financing, very likely, US government doing some favors to Saudies in return. Even if Bezos managed to bankrupt them, they will immediately popup with new name pretty much next day, by same owners and would run in exact same way doing exact same things. You can't kill it.

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Post by killjoywashere »

aerovistae wrote: post #81
gesman wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Regulation is required. Otherwise destroying 1 paparazzi or 1 tabloid will make another 5 pop up in their place.

Partially agreed. Journalism should always be unregulated, but justice should act faster and be more reliable when journalism strays to evil. I wish there was any way for the commoners to make public policy proposals. Imagine like a reddit for discussion of policy, but where the most upvoted things actually got looked at by people in decision-making positions. It's very frustrating to me that I sometimes see really d…

I doubt Bezos is going to stop at a legal thumping. He has the resources to destroy every dollar Pecker ever saw, ever dollar any of his employees or friends ever saw. I have little doubt many people in Bezos's employ have already developed multiple branch and sequel plans to ensure their boss never even has to acknowledge Pecker's homelessness in a cold city in winter.
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