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Its a modern incarnation of a billionaire buying a newspaper. Has that ever worked out well? Has it ever been altruistic?

• neilc 5y ago
  I don't think Bezos' ownership of the Washington Post has gone badly so far.
  • manquer 5y ago
    Not much for WaPo perhaps, but for bezos that put him in the target sights of lot of people Many of them state sponsored like Saudi government which targeted him after kashtogi. He also got hacked and his dick pics were maybe compromised. Those hacks could have accelerated his divorce too.
  • topspin 5y ago
    And yet, in a remarkable display of self unawareness, WaPo has declared[1] that Musk's move "Could Be Bad News for Free Speech." [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/elon-musks-twitter-investment-could-be-bad-news-for-free-speech/2022/04/04/ab93b742-b43d-11ec-8358-20aa16355fb4_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/elon-musks-twitter-i...