Bezos Exerts More Control Over WaPo OpEd Section

[iluvatar5150]

Jeff Bezos Exerts More Control Of Washington Post Opinion, Says Focus Will Be On “Personal Liberties And Free Markets”

Jeff Bezos said the Washington Post's editorials will now focus on "personal liberties and free markets," with the paper's op-ed editor exiting.

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Jeff Bezos is exerting more influence over the content of The Washington Post opinion pages, as he announced that the editorials will now focus on “defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.”

“We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others,” Bezos wrote in a memo to staffers this morning.​

lol, it's always good to see conservatives encouraging and engaging in a robust exchange of ideas. Maybe Bezos has realized that he can't compete with the NY Times and has decided to pivot towards competing with the Washington Times.

 

[Laodicean60]

Sounds good to me. I've noticed that cooperation snuggles up to whichever party is in power.

“Personal Liberties And Free Markets”​

Is someone else opinion really important to you?

 

[zippy2006]

It makes sense that businessmen are resisting the reigning "progressive" ideology.

 

[Pommer]

It makes sense that businessmen are resisting the reigning "progressive" ideology.

The rich who have gotten rich under a system are always going to be loathe to change that system in any meaningful way.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Is someone else opinion really important to you?

I do appreciate hearing good-faith takes from other viewpoints, but generally, no, not really. That's why I'm not worked up about this.

What it does for me, mainly, is confirm that we were all correct when we thought Bezos' attempt to correct the perception of media "bias" were a self-serving crock. He just wants things to be biased his way.

 

[Laodicean60]

What it does for me, mainly, is confirm that we were all correct when we thought Bezos' attempt to correct the perception of media "bias" were a self-serving crock. He just wants things to be biased his way.

It's not only Bezos who's self-serving but yes, he seems to be leaning right I think of all these guys as prostitutes for the money.

 

[Belk]

It's not only Bezos who's self-serving but yes, he seems to be leaning right I think of all these guys as prostitutes for the money.

You need to stop making sense or I am going to start agreeing with you.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

I think some of these CEOs have been somewhat emboldened/empowered to do the things they wanted to do 5-10 years ago, but didn't do out of fear of getting cancelled and/or being called up to get grilled by senators like Meta, Google, and Twitter did back then.


The dynamic went from "If I go along with what the lion wants, the lion will eat me last" to "oh, the culture has changed a bit, now I don't have to get eaten at all...screw you lion!"



Of all of the things that concerns me about Bezos, this one actually ranks pretty low. Ultimately WaPo will still be a left-leaning publication, but they may even pick up a few new readers if they actually stop being one-sided.


The concerns about Bezos have been, and still are, the way Amazon strains the US Postal Service.

 

[Chesterton]

The culture is changing. What did Dylan say? "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."

 

[essentialsaltes]

In case you've enjoyed any gift articles from WaPo I've shared... my spouse has canceled the subscription.

We can't endorse Kamala for president, that would be taking sides.
We can't offer both sides of these issues, only one side must be defended.

 

[Landon Caeli]

The left seems to be going through a very rapid decline! Yikes!

 

[Chesterton]

In case you've enjoyed any gift articles from WaPo I've shared... my spouse has canceled the subscription.

We can't endorse Kamala for president, that would be taking sides.
We can't offer both sides of these issues, only one side must be defended.

Good for you. We should all take a stand against liberty and freedom.

 

[Hans Blaster]

Jeff Bezos is exerting more influence over the content of The Washington Post opinion pages, as he announced that the editorials will now focus on “defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.”

Ahh, tech-bro libertarianism and anarcho-capitalism. Groovy.

 

[rambot]

The culture is changing. What did Dylan say? "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."

Not really. But there are people who are trying to do more to dictate how the culture is changing. And I think we have opposing views on who is doing that.

 

[FireDragon76]

Jeff Bezos Exerts More Control Of Washington Post Opinion, Says Focus Will Be On “Personal Liberties And Free Markets”

Jeff Bezos said the Washington Post's editorials will now focus on "personal liberties and free markets," with the paper's op-ed editor exiting.

deadline.com

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Jeff Bezos is exerting more influence over the content of The Washington Post opinion pages, as he announced that the editorials will now focus on “defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.”​

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“We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others,” Bezos wrote in a memo to staffers this morning.​

lol, it's always good to see conservatives encouraging and engaging in a robust exchange of ideas. Maybe Bezos has realized that he can't compete with the NY Times and has decided to pivot towards competing with the Washington Times.

Bezos is turning the Post into just another tawdry rag that will just parrot the corporat doublespeak that he and his cronies favor. Sad legacy for a great newspaper.

Biden was right to warn Americans in his departing address about the dangers of billionaire oligarchs and their power.

 

[FireDragon76]

In case you've enjoyed any gift articles from WaPo I've shared... my spouse has canceled the subscription.

We can't endorse Kamala for president, that would be taking sides.
We can't offer both sides of these issues, only one side must be defended.

"Scratch a liberal, and a fascist bleeds".

It's not only Bezos who's self-serving but yes, he seems to be leaning right I think of all these guys as prostitutes for the money.

Not money... it's about power trips for those guys. They are already so obscenely wealthy they don't even have to care about money, beyond the access to power that it brings them.

 

[Hans Blaster]

"Scratch a liberal, and a fascist bleeds".




Not money... it's about power trips for those guys. They are already so obscenely wealthy they don't even have to care about money, beyond the access to power that it brings them.

With Bezos (and others like Zuckerburg) its probably more of "left-libertarian" that was getting scratched. Sure, they're all fine with the modern social view until they might get taxed (or regulated).

 

[FireDragon76]

With Bezos (and others like Zuckerburg) its probably more of "left-libertarian" that was getting scratched. Sure, they're all fine with the modern social view until they might get taxed (or regulated).

They weren't really on the Left. Only in the bizarro world of American politics. They were doing the typical billionaire thing, only with chameleon skin. They were woke when it was fashionable, but they didn't care about deeper issues of inequality or justice beyond mouthing pious platitudes in their corporate propaganda.

The freedom Bezos or Zuckerburg believe in is the freedom for billionaires to make lots of money and amass large amounts of power. It isn't consonant with Christian notions of freedom at all, which is doing justice and loving mercy. It has nothing to do with how many people bend the knee to your whims and kiss your ring. That is simply being a slave to the kingdom of the flesh and Satan.

 

[Hans Blaster]

They weren't really on the Left. Only in the bizarro world of American politics. They were doing the typical billionaire thing, only with chameleon skin. They were woke when it was fashionable, but they didn't care about deeper issues of inequality or justice beyond mouthing pious platitudes in their corporate propaganda.

"Left-libertarian" as opposed to "right-libertarian" (like Rand Paul). What we used to call "socially liberal" probably with a bit of "fiscally conservative". (A classic combination.) Toss in a bit of libertarian

The freedom Bezos or Zuckerburg believe in is the freedom for billionaires to make lots of money and amass large amounts of power.

Sometimes we characterize them as "anarcho-capitalists", though "techno-authoritarians" seems a lot closer these days.

It isn't consonant with Christian notions of freedom at all, which is doing justice and loving mercy. It has nothing to do with how many people bend the knee to your whims and kiss your ring. That is simply being a slave to the kingdom of the flesh and Satan.

None of which interests me.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

In a few months the only opinions around will be conservative Republicans opinions.