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Related: About this forumMarty Baron: Bezos gutted The Washington Post because he is 'worried about reprisals from Trump' - Velshi - MS NOW
The Washington Post faces more turmoil as the embattled CEO and publisher Will Lewis steps down after a wave of layoffs at the newspaper. The Posts billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, declared in 2016, Democracy dies in darkness, but critics say he is now turning out the light. Former Executive Editor Marty Baron said, "Things have been made dramatically worse by the behavior of the owner. - Aired on 02/08/2026.
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Marty Baron: Bezos gutted The Washington Post because he is 'worried about reprisals from Trump' - Velshi - MS NOW (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
8 hrs ago
OP
I didn't know this until yesterday, but evidently he has major US contracts that he is afraid of losing if he
Ferrets are Cool
7 hrs ago
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Blue Owl
(58,618 posts)1. What a weak, pathetic little cuck!
SAD!
mucifer
(25,601 posts)2. Controlling the press. Fascism.
Aviation Pro
(15,351 posts)3. The baldheaded fuck is a gutless coward
Always has been.
3catwoman3
(28,910 posts)4. Doesn't Bezos have enough money to not give a rat's ass about Trump?
Why should he need to suck up to TSF?
popsdenver
(1,880 posts)5. Most likely because
if he didn't, Trump would sick the IRS on him, and make his life pure hell with constant audits.......
If these zillionaires keep wanting to get their juicy tax breaks, they will vow to keep him in power/whitehouse with any sacrifice needed.
Ferrets are Cool
(22,606 posts)6. I didn't know this until yesterday, but evidently he has major US contracts that he is afraid of losing if he
ruffles the Pedo in Chief. What a loser.
