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I'm so glad that he promised that his ownership would never affect the editorial decisions...

by jedberg 2y ago

mmooss 2y ago
Interesting - do you happen to know a citation?
- jedberg 2y ago
  I don't have one handy but when he first bought it and got pushback about concern that he would be pushing his liberal agenda (ironically) that was his response.
  - goldfishgold 2y ago
    Best I can find is “But the key thing I hope people will take away from this is that the values of The Post do not need changing. The duty of the paper is to the readers, not the owners.” https://archive.is/BpcDZ https://archive.is/BpcDZ He might claim otherwise but hard to argue that the values aren’t changing when the opinion editor is resigning.
- steve_adams_86 2y ago
  Döpfner: Are you upset if the Post journalists are writing critical stories about Amazon? Bezos: No, I’m not upset at all. Döpfner: Did or would you ever interfere? Bezos: Never. I would be humiliated to interfere. I would be so embarrassed. I would turn bright red. It has nothing to do with … I don’t even get so far… I just don’t want to. It would feel icky; it would feel gross. It would be one of those things when I’m 80 years old I would be so unhappy with myself if I had interfered. Why would I? I want that paper to be independent. We have a fantastic editor in Marty Baron. We have a fantastic publisher in Fred Ryan. The head of our technology team, a guy named Shailesh, is fantastic. They don’t need my help in the newsroom for sure. First of all, that’s also an expert’s job. It would be like me getting on the airplane and going up to the front of the plane and saying to the pilot, “You should move aside — let me do this!” https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-interview-axel-springer-ceo-amazon-trump-blue-origin-family-regulation-washington-post-2018-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-interview-axel-sp...
  - mmooss 2y ago
    Mathias Döpfner, head of Axel Springer, and at least some of its publications, such as Politico, now push the right wing propaganda. Here's a column by John Harris, "founding editor and global editor-in-chief": "Time to Admit It: Trump Is a Great President. He's Still Trying To Be a Good One.": "The most consequential presidents divided the nation - before “reuniting it on a new level of understanding." https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/21/harris-column-trump-great-president-00199564 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/21/harris-col...

I'm so glad that he promised that his ownership would never affect the editorial decisions...

mmooss 2y ago

Interesting - do you happen to know a citation?

jedberg 2y ago
I don't have one handy but when he first bought it and got pushback about concern that he would be pushing his liberal agenda (ironically) that was his response.
- goldfishgold 2y ago
  Best I can find is “But the key thing I hope people will take away from this is that the values of The Post do not need changing. The duty of the paper is to the readers, not the owners.” https://archive.is/BpcDZ https://archive.is/BpcDZ He might claim otherwise but hard to argue that the values aren’t changing when the opinion editor is resigning.
steve_adams_86 2y ago
Döpfner: Are you upset if the Post journalists are writing critical stories about Amazon? Bezos: No, I’m not upset at all. Döpfner: Did or would you ever interfere? Bezos: Never. I would be humiliated to interfere. I would be so embarrassed. I would turn bright red. It has nothing to do with … I don’t even get so far… I just don’t want to. It would feel icky; it would feel gross. It would be one of those things when I’m 80 years old I would be so unhappy with myself if I had interfered. Why would I? I want that paper to be independent. We have a fantastic editor in Marty Baron. We have a fantastic publisher in Fred Ryan. The head of our technology team, a guy named Shailesh, is fantastic. They don’t need my help in the newsroom for sure. First of all, that’s also an expert’s job. It would be like me getting on the airplane and going up to the front of the plane and saying to the pilot, “You should move aside — let me do this!” https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-interview-axel-springer-ceo-amazon-trump-blue-origin-family-regulation-washington-post-2018-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-interview-axel-sp...
- mmooss 2y ago
  Mathias Döpfner, head of Axel Springer, and at least some of its publications, such as Politico, now push the right wing propaganda. Here's a column by John Harris, "founding editor and global editor-in-chief": "Time to Admit It: Trump Is a Great President. He's Still Trying To Be a Good One.": "The most consequential presidents divided the nation - before “reuniting it on a new level of understanding." https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/21/harris-column-trump-great-president-00199564 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/21/harris-col...