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He bought the newspaper to prove that he could help transform a decaying news business into a digital focused successful one.

• scotty79 4y ago
  And only by sheer accident this newspaper started publishing articles praising billionaires like him and their endeavors (like private space race).
  • ironSkillet 4y ago
    Private space enterprise is exciting and legitimate news, is it not?
    • scotty79 4y ago
      Of course!
  • rippercushions 4y ago
    I don't think they were particularly successful in that, there was quite a bit of backlash about billionaires blowing millions of dollars on useless vanity projects so they can fly to space on giant space dicks: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/20/jeff-bezos-rocket-design-an-inquiry https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/20/jeff-bezos-r...
    • scotty79 4y ago
      > there was quite a bit of backlash Not from Washington Post though.