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> "Katharine Graham the previous owner of the Washington Post during the Watergate years was threatened by Holden who famously said, and I will leave out a bit
by SamDc73 2y ago
> "Katharine Graham the previous owner of the Washington Post during the Watergate years was threatened by Holden who famously said, and I will leave out a bit of the quote because it's too crude to say out on the stage, but he said you tell Kate Graham if she prints that we'll put here blank through a big fat ringer, and then they actually worked to try get their broadcast license resented, it's completely un-American, so I guess the only thing I say is as Katharine Graham my role model I'm very willing to let any of my body parts go through a big fat ringer if need be." Jeff Bezos in 2016 when asked about Donald Trump. ^1
I don't think he is pro Trump, but I think he just doesn't want to be on his bad side just in case, just like Zuckerberg he tried to patch his relationship with Trump after he publicly threatened him
1: source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guVxubbQQKE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guVxubbQQKE 1:01:00
- CalChris 2y agoThat was Nixon's AG, John Mitchell, who said that and it happened in 1972. Graham died in 2001, well before Eric Holder was ever Attorney General. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Graham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Graham
- dustincoates 2y agoYou're right that it was Mitchell, but Bezos wasn't referring to Eric Holder, but to Bob Haldeman, WH CoS under Nixon.