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Re:Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala H... by gonzobonzo on Friday October 25, 2024 @08:14PM (#41951367)
> Newspapers are a business and have to give their customers what they want.

This is true, but it shouldn't be viewed as unproblematic. Audience capture is a huge problem, and news organizations telling their audience what they here to the point that people get siloed in their own echo chambers is one of the main reasons why things are such a mess.

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Re:Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala H... by lapcat on Friday October 25, 2024 @08:26PM (#41951447)
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

I'd say it's definitely possible to be in business and at the same time have business ethics, to care about the truth. I don't think it's inherently wrong to publish honest opinions, as well as funny comic strips, along with the other news, if it helps sell papers.

The problems occur when business ethics, and the truth, honesty, get tossed out for the sake of profit and/or partisanship.

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Re:Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala H... by AlotOfReading on Friday October 25, 2024 @09:00PM (#41951625)
Newspapers have always been like this.

Here's a front page title from the Nov. 5 1888 edition of the New York World, run by Pulitzer (yes, that one):

    A Plot - The Republicans' desperate scheme to secure electors
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1888-11-0...
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