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Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by jmckib on Friday October 25, 2019 @09:24PM (#21360954)
I really doubt that, because any journalist with integrity would quit and make a stink about it, which would tank the Post's reputation. I would cancel my subscription the same day, and I imagine so would a lot of other people.

Also, I've seen plenty of negative stories about Amazon in the past months. I remember them because they always have a disclaimer about Bezos owning the post in the article. Here's one from just yesterday: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/24/amazon-.... Can you point to any specific negative story on Amazon that the Post has noticeably not covered?

Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by shitgoose on Friday October 25, 2019 @10:35PM (#21361309)
"journalist with integrity"

Is there such a thing? Media landscape in the US is a sad view these days.

Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by stbtrax on Saturday October 26, 2019 @02:41AM (#21362121)
Do you have any specific reasons to cite for this belief? It sounds like a minority of the population find certain facts inconvenient when they conflict with their world view. This doesn't mean that the way news is being reported is changing, unless you prefer "alternate facts".
Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by shitgoose on Saturday October 26, 2019 @10:47AM (#21363981)
I am not from US, so I don't count for minority or majority. Specific reasons... Just watch 5 min of CNN, MSNBC, 30 seconds of Maddow or Don Lemon. Staggering amounts of venom and obsession. This is not news anymore. This is an alternative reality.
Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by belltaco on Sunday October 27, 2019 @12:33AM (#21367898)
I like how you left out Fox News which is far worse. E.g The bogus Seth Rich story. There is nothing comparable. Maddow and Don are opinion.
Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by m0zg on Sunday October 27, 2019 @04:18PM (#21372113)
Serious question: how do you know it's "bogus"? There's no evidence either way. For all we know the guy could have been Assange's source, which would explain the raging hard-on the current administration has for extraditing Assange.
Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by belltaco on Monday October 28, 2019 @01:04AM (#21374420)
It was bogus because they quoted an FBI source saying evidence was found on Seth Rich's laptop indicated that he sent DNC emails to Wikileaks. They retracted the story after an outcry, and IIRC FBI denied it. That didn't stop Hannity from hammering the false story for a week till Seth's parents begged him. Two and half years later there is no link whatsoever. They literally just made it up to fool their low information audience, and apparently it worked so well that I am seeing HN'ers regurgitate this bullshit with zero indication that Seth even had access to all DNC emails.
Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by shitgoose on Sunday October 27, 2019 @08:52PM (#21373496)
Maddow and Don are opinion. Fox is propaganda. Do not wait for an answer.
Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by belltaco on Monday October 28, 2019 @01:04AM (#21374424)
I did answer with proof. Sad to see purveyors and believers of actual fake news on this site.
Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by shitgoose on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @10:36AM (#21387611)
Yes, you answered. Hannity has been beating dead horse for one week. Progressive media are peddling Russia collusion for years. Walls are still closing in. Tulsi is a Russian asset with no proof whatsoever! All networks are biased, but some are way more biased to the point of insanity.
Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by belltaco on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:29PM (#21391625)
There is a difference between being biased and outright making up falsehoods with fake facts like the Seth Rich story. Both are bad but the latter is much worse.
Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by jmckib on Saturday October 26, 2019 @06:17PM (#21366605)
I was talking about newspaper journalism though, which seems to be as solid as ever. TV journalism, on the other hand, appears to have become more polarized, though there's still good programs out there. I'd definitely avoid opinion hosts like Maddow, Tucker Carlson, Hannity etc, since they aren't even real journalists.
Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by shitgoose on Sunday October 27, 2019 @08:50PM (#21373485)
Here is the latest from WaPo that changed the headline on its Al-Baghdadi obituary from "Islamic State's terrorist-in-Chief" to "austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State". Religious scholar, my ass. So much for solid journalism.