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That's exactly what a journalistic organisation is meant to do Jeff, especially now when the world is increasingly being filled with mouthpieces that regurgitate what their owners want them to.
An organisation that puts out only one opinion, or is only allowed to put out one opinion, is nothing more than a mouthpiece.
Its a shame to see the Post becoming just another mouthpiece.
All of these capitalist propaganda outlets pump out the same imperial message. The firing of this one guy won't change that at all.
The gall of these billionaires to just buy a news organization and then blatantly state "we're not going to do news anymore" is just incredible.
Even Rupert Murdock had the courtesy to come up with the Fox News "Fair and Balanced" slogan (even though it was completely full of shit).
Bezos is just like "yeah we're going full on propaganda, go fuck yourself."
TBH the honesty is refreshing compared to the historical bullshit.
True, but it was just an internal memo. I'm sure the public-facade won't be as honest.
On the other end, you've got billionaire Jeff Lawson rescuing The Onion from private equity hell. I count their revived print subscription as one of the best things I've spent money on recently, considering it used to be free.
Raised eyebrows? Is mild-washing a word? It should be.
Among many reasons, I'll never subscribe to WP again. I used to.
I used to as well. And I'm Canadian.
Never again as long as that asshole owns the paper.
Historically, journalism was about sifting through the different things that multiple people say are true, in order to figure out what actually is true.
But now it can just be about what one person says is true, and the internet can figure out what’s actually true!
You misspelled propaganda.