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How are those connected to the owner though?

by rhcom2 9y ago

colordrops 9y ago
Jeff Bezos owns SpaceX competitor Blue Origin, and was a big Hillary Clinton supporter.
- rhcom2 9y ago
  It's still an assumption to connect the paper's content to Bezos though. That he has William Randolph Hearst level control in the WaPo seems like a common conspiracy theory.
  - colordrops 9y ago
    It's a fundamental denial of obvious facts to claim that editorial control by the owner of a media outlet is conspiracy theory. There are plenty of well known examples, though most people only acknowledge the ones that are opposite their own political beliefs.
    - rhcom2 9y ago
      What are the well known examples and the obvious facts connecting Bezos with the editorial direction of the WaPo? Saying he makes editorial decisions in the newspaper because they printed criticism of Sanders or his competition doesn't cut it for me.
      - colordrops 9y ago
        You misunderstood my comment. I'm saying that there are plenty of examples of editorial control by owners, demonstrating that this is not within the realm of conspiracy theory. A few examples: Rupert Murdoch Michael Bloomberg Andrew Breitbart Matt Drudge
  - johannes1234321 9y ago
    No matter how direct Bezos influences the WaPo staff: The editors know that publishing bad stories about Amazon is less good for them keeping their job than writing bad about Walmart. And even in are in other areas there is an implicit assumption. Fighting this internally and externally is hard.
  - sumedh 9y ago
    If you were working in WAPO, you would think twice about publishing negative stories about Amazon or Bezos.
    - knowaveragejoe 9y ago
      Weird, these don't strike me as particularly flattering: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/amazon-workers-in-germany-italy-stage-black-friday-strike/2017/11/24/96e82e8c-d110-11e7-a87b-47f14b73162a_story.html?utm_term=.998a4dcc2b94 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/amazon-workers-i... https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/stores-hope-deals-excitement-draw-shoppers-for-black-friday/2017/11/24/b0dc9c78-d0d5-11e7-a87b-47f14b73162a_story.html?utm_term=.77ce36e9ea3e https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/stores-hope-deals-ex...

How are those connected to the owner though?

by rhcom2 9y ago

How are those connected to the owner though?

colordrops 9y ago

Jeff Bezos owns SpaceX competitor Blue Origin, and was a big Hillary Clinton supporter.

rhcom2 9y ago
It's still an assumption to connect the paper's content to Bezos though. That he has William Randolph Hearst level control in the WaPo seems like a common conspiracy theory.
- colordrops 9y ago
  It's a fundamental denial of obvious facts to claim that editorial control by the owner of a media outlet is conspiracy theory. There are plenty of well known examples, though most people only acknowledge the ones that are opposite their own political beliefs.
  - rhcom2 9y ago
    What are the well known examples and the obvious facts connecting Bezos with the editorial direction of the WaPo? Saying he makes editorial decisions in the newspaper because they printed criticism of Sanders or his competition doesn't cut it for me.
    - colordrops 9y ago
      You misunderstood my comment. I'm saying that there are plenty of examples of editorial control by owners, demonstrating that this is not within the realm of conspiracy theory. A few examples: Rupert Murdoch Michael Bloomberg Andrew Breitbart Matt Drudge
- johannes1234321 9y ago
  No matter how direct Bezos influences the WaPo staff: The editors know that publishing bad stories about Amazon is less good for them keeping their job than writing bad about Walmart. And even in are in other areas there is an implicit assumption. Fighting this internally and externally is hard.
- sumedh 9y ago
  If you were working in WAPO, you would think twice about publishing negative stories about Amazon or Bezos.
  - knowaveragejoe 9y ago
    Weird, these don't strike me as particularly flattering: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/amazon-workers-in-germany-italy-stage-black-friday-strike/2017/11/24/96e82e8c-d110-11e7-a87b-47f14b73162a_story.html?utm_term=.998a4dcc2b94 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/amazon-workers-i... https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/stores-hope-deals-excitement-draw-shoppers-for-black-friday/2017/11/24/b0dc9c78-d0d5-11e7-a87b-47f14b73162a_story.html?utm_term=.77ce36e9ea3e https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/stores-hope-deals-ex...