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"These layoffs come on the heels of the release of a bribe masquerading as a propaganda piece, the so-called 'documentary' about Melania Trump, which Bezos’ Amazon reportedly funded to the tune of 75 million dollars."

~ Elliot Kirschner

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
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https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/darkness-at-the-washington-post

"Bezos is himself the reason for the Post’s awful economic position. If he were not so determined to make the paper worse in almost every way, it could be on much sounder financial footing. ...

It’s hard to overstate what a spectacularly imbecilic idea it was to move the Post to the right just as Donald Trump brought his version of fascism to America."

~ Paul Waldman

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/9

https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/jeff-bezos-is-killing-the-washington

"Democracy, the Post says, dies in darkness. Newspapers are murdered in broad daylight."

~ Charles Pierce

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/10

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a70249537/washington-post-layoffs/

"I suspect the Post in the future will be political news, pro-Trump editorials, and little else."

~ Perry Bacon

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/11

https://newrepublic.com/article/206136/washington-post-layoffs-jeff-bezos-blame

"The north star of corporate media isn’t defending free speech, holding powerful people accountable, or sharing the truth. It’s all about profits, ratings, and access to power, even if they’re enabling a fascist regime that will inevitably come for you and your colleagues."

~ Wajahat Ali

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/12

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/megalomaniacs-and-the-media-a-live

"Dear Washington Post journalists,

Solidarity on a terrible day. A craven tech bro has sold you out."

~ Carole Cadwalladr

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/13

https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/fight

"Jeff Bezos, it turns out, is a moral cretin.

Make no mistake: the Post didn’t just fire 300 (out of 800) journalists because it was losing too much money. As Peter Baker points out, Bezos’s net worth has increased $55.4 billion since 2024 alone."

~ Dave Karpf

#JeffBezos #Trump #WashingtonPost #TechBros #EconomicElites #fascism #journalism
/14

https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/jeff-bezos-moral-cretin

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