Jeff Bezos: Amazon Boss Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

Re:Jeff Bezos: Amazon Boss Accuses National Enquirer of Blac... by adriveatrain on Friday February 08, 2019 @10:58AM (#19115390)

Will Bezos eat his own 2016 words to Peter Theil re Gawker:

https://archive.is/Q6f09

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has spoken out against Peter Thiel and in defense of Gawker, telling a Los Angeles audience: “Beautiful speech doesn’t need protection. Ugly speech needs protection. That’s where the rubber’s gonna meet the road.”

In reference to Peter Thiel’s recent efforts to punish critical reporters in court, he said: “Seek revenge and you should dig two graves, one for yourself.

“Is that really how you want to spend your time? As a public figure the best defense to speech that you don’t like is to develop a thick skin.”

“I’m very willing to let any of my body parts go through a big fat wringer if need be,” Bezos said.

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Re:Jeff Bezos: Amazon Boss Accuses National Enquirer of Blac... by mwerty on Friday February 08, 2019 @11:58AM (#19116182)

Dont see your point. What does this have to do with blackmail?

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Re:Jeff Bezos: Amazon Boss Accuses National Enquirer of Blac... by throwaway98121 on Friday February 08, 2019 @12:15PM (#19116378)

How does this justify extortion? Serious question.

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Re:Jeff Bezos: Amazon Boss Accuses National Enquirer of Blac... by adriveatrain on Friday February 08, 2019 @02:13PM (#19117649)

> I’m very willing to let any of my body parts go through a big fat wringer if need be.

If you're willing, how can you be extorted?

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Re:Jeff Bezos: Amazon Boss Accuses National Enquirer of Blac... by throwaway98121 on Friday February 08, 2019 @06:14PM (#19119556)

Do X or I will do Y to hurt you and your company is blackmail and extortion, regardless of what Y is.

Digging up some past quote to somehow justify extortion is not very genuine.

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Re:Jeff Bezos: Amazon Boss Accuses National Enquirer of Blac... by adriveatrain on Saturday February 09, 2019 @05:14AM (#19121652)

I'm not justifying extortion, just reminding people of Bezos hypocritical statements.

He was piling pain into Theil but now the shoe is on the other foot his tough talk has a different tune.

He should have supported Peter / Hogan against the "everything you do in private is in the public interest" mentality. Especially when he owns a newspaper and a media network!

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Re:Jeff Bezos: Amazon Boss Accuses National Enquirer of Blac... by throwaway98121 on Saturday February 09, 2019 @01:04PM (#19123644)

There’s no hypocrisy here. If you have a personal issue with Bezos or his success, that’s fine. Expecting Bezos to tell newspapers or media what to report sounds like something Donald Trump would do. Good on Bezos for not doing that.

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