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>Elon Musk had already turned Twitter into a right-wing echo chamber since purchasing it in 2022, Is it though? I talk with liberals and NDP frequently. I real

>Elon Musk had already turned Twitter into a right-wing echo chamber since purchasing it in 2022, Is it though? I talk with liberals and NDP frequently. I really wish I didnt see people like harry sisson or krassenseins which i dont care about. Not my country, but they are popular so the algo gives them to me. Not much of a right wing echo chamber if they are forcing left wing foreign people on others. >Jeff Bezos has revamped the Washington Post’s editorial section to build support for “personal liberties and free markets.” I hadnt heard that happened. I very much approve. >It was a massive show of power that revealed how possible it is for these wealthy men to remake our culture in their own image, Having your newspaper make the case for personal liberty and free markets is remaking your culture?

JohnFen 1y ago
> Having your newspaper make the case for personal liberty and free markets is remaking your culture? You're taking him at his word that's what he's doing. I don't think that's what he's doing at all. What he's doing is attempting to limit the conversation to pro-corporatist sentiments.
- salawat 1y ago
  Ding, ding, ding.
- incomingpain 1y ago
  >You're taking him at his word that's what he's doing. I don't think that's what he's doing at all. What he's doing is attempting to limit the conversation to pro-corporatist sentiments. Like I said, I hadnt heard he even did that. It is fact checked true that he did say this. I dont read the washington post, it's a foreign newspaper with very little interest to me. So I am happy to take him at his word. chatgpt analysis right now suggests that the prohibition against posting opinions that are against personal liberty and free markets hasnt changed much, has been done, and is not overtly corporatist. Providing multiple examples in relation to the tariffs and trade wars that express multiple different viewpoints.
rsynnott 1y ago
> your newspaper See, that's part of the problem. Historically, quality broadsheet newspapers are not _supposed_ to really be influenced by the owners. Like, arguably even Murdoch does better on this than Bezos with the WSJ (though _only_ with the WSJ, mostly); the WSJ broke the Theranos story, for instance, and Murdoch was one of Holmes's dupes.
- incomingpain 1y ago
  I would agree that editorial independence is a core journalistic standard and generally required to be a top outlet. I dont see washington post as a top outlet. It needs some hand holding from Bezos to get it in order. Perhaps in 5 years they'll shape up to compete to be a top outlet?

JohnFen 1y ago

> Having your newspaper make the case for personal liberty and free markets is remaking your culture? You're taking him at his word that's what he's doing. I don't think that's what he's doing at all. What he's doing is attempting to limit the conversation to pro-corporatist sentiments.

salawat 1y ago
Ding, ding, ding.
incomingpain 1y ago
>You're taking him at his word that's what he's doing. I don't think that's what he's doing at all. What he's doing is attempting to limit the conversation to pro-corporatist sentiments. Like I said, I hadnt heard he even did that. It is fact checked true that he did say this. I dont read the washington post, it's a foreign newspaper with very little interest to me. So I am happy to take him at his word. chatgpt analysis right now suggests that the prohibition against posting opinions that are against personal liberty and free markets hasnt changed much, has been done, and is not overtly corporatist. Providing multiple examples in relation to the tariffs and trade wars that express multiple different viewpoints.

rsynnott 1y ago

> your newspaper See, that's part of the problem. Historically, quality broadsheet newspapers are not _supposed_ to really be influenced by the owners. Like, arguably even Murdoch does better on this than Bezos with the WSJ (though _only_ with the WSJ, mostly); the WSJ broke the Theranos story, for instance, and Murdoch was one of Holmes's dupes.

incomingpain 1y ago
I would agree that editorial independence is a core journalistic standard and generally required to be a top outlet. I dont see washington post as a top outlet. It needs some hand holding from Bezos to get it in order. Perhaps in 5 years they'll shape up to compete to be a top outlet?