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FakeNoose

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80. Do we know for sure that Jeff Bezos is the reason for WaPo's failure to endorse?
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 03:01 PM
Oct 2024

I don't know that he is the reason, and I've read that he doesn't interfere much with the managing of the newspaper anyway. Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions here, I don't know.

Like most newspapers and newsmedia outlets these days, the editorial decisions are being usurped by the advertising sales dept. They insist that certain editorial prerogatives are no longer viable, because the advertisers (the real customers) will quit buying ad space and put the paper out of business. Same thing with the news broadcasters.

I believe that's the real problem here, not Jeff Bezos interfering. But I could be wrong.

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Do we know for sure that Jeff Bezos is the reason for WaPo's failure to endorse? FakeNoose Oct 2024 #80
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