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Re:Washington Post editor resigns after accusing CEO of kill... by jongjong on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @08:33PM (#43338713)
Nothing wrong with that. Every other job requires that paid workers meet the requirements of their boss whom themselves must meet the requirements of their customers. Jeff Bezos is responding to his customers' requirements, so should the journalists who work for him.

Journalists who work for these big media platforms can basically bypass the need to compete for attention on the global marketplace of ideas. This has allowed them to spread bad ideas and the scale of the platform means that the repercussions have had a delayed effect which Jeff Bezos is now trying to rectify.

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Re:Washington Post editor resigns after accusing CEO of kill... by daveguy on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @12:05PM (#43344678)
Customers are leaving in droves and he doesn't have to respond to customers because he is a billionaire oligarch. He can keep wapo around as a propaganda outlet. See also: twitter.

Journalists have more integrity in one pinky than all the oligarchs combined.

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