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I didn't find this article very interesting, but I found the existence of this article interesting. It seems like a smart career move to criticize Amazon as a
by nostromo 9y ago
I didn't find this article very interesting, but I found the existence of this article interesting.
It seems like a smart career move to criticize Amazon as a tech reporter at WaPo. Since Bezos now owns the newspaper, if you're laid off or fired, you could point to your critical articles of Amazon as proof of journalistic wrongdoing. He's unfireable!
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- chrischen 9y agoThat's a great strategy if being not fired is your bar for success.
- supernumerary 9y agoJournalism in 2018 is tough.
- crdoconnor 9y agoIt doesn't seem that critical
- elicash 9y agoI think it's written because it's interesting, not for any cynical motive. That said, if there WAS a cynical motive, it's "let us prove that we're independent as a newsroom." Overcompensating for bias, essentially.
- kiliantics 9y agoCould be a kind of reverse psychology advertising. Many comments in this thread are making the opposing argument of why they should use prime.