https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/28/jeff-bezos-washington-post-trust/
Ummmm… okay. He doesn’t even fucking see the problem.
EDIT: I need to post this paragraph. Its so… rich.
You can see my wealth and business interests as a bulwark against intimidation, or you can see them as a web of conflicting interests. Only my own principles can tip the balance from one to the other. I assure you that my views here are, in fact, principled, and I believe my track record as owner of The Post since 2013 backs this up. You are of course free to make your own determination, but I challenge you to find one instance in those 11 years where I have prevailed upon anyone at The Post in favor of my own interests. It hasn’t happened.
How many WaPo articles can you find that are critical of Amazon, Bezos, or rampant capitalism in general?
Is that a joke lol? Or are you too lazy to literally go to their website and type in “Amazon”?
There have been plenty, to answer your question.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/01/amazon-goodreads-elizabeth-gilbert/?itid=sr_2_e74f902b-8962-4428-a90e-e0ee7e32b408
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/06/15/amazon-one-medical-patient-safety/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/03/10/amazon-library-ebook-monopoly/?itid=sr_2_10665097-a919-468d-b175-a0d7b3a1d3fc
That’s just the first page (everything else that came up was about the Amazon rainforest)
Nice try, Jeff!
I guess there’s been some loosening, but a few years back I remember it feeling pretty skewed. I can’t read that first article and that second one is from just a couple months ago.
You’re right that it’s not a blanket ban on criticism, but even if there’s not a strict interference, there’s an implicit bias against biting the hand that feeds you unless there’s a very structured support system to prevent it.
Not at all. I’ve been making this argument for years on other sites. It’s always come up with at least 2/3 negative articles when you type in “Amazon” on WaPo.
The only evidence I’ve seen against me is stupid memes that screenshot the rare op ed defending Amazon
It’s not just about negative articles though - it’s also what isn’t published. Just because they’re not publishing two puff pieces for every critical one doesn’t mean they’re not showing bias.
I’m not trying to start a fight about it though. Bezos is a piece of shit regardless of WaPo, and now he definitely is one because of it too.
Ok. Find me some major topics covered in other outlets that WaPo didn’t cover. If you’re making a point, please give evidence, as I did above
Bias is unavoidable.
https://www.cjr.org/special_report/washington-post-jeff-bezos.php/
https://nypost.com/2024/10/28/media/washington-post-owner-jeff-bezos-wants-conservative-writers/
https://www.cjr.org/the_new_gatekeepers/washington-post-bezos-amazon.php
https://front-sci.com/journal/article?doi=10.32629/memf.v1i3.198