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Jeffy wants to have his cake and eat it, too; a propaganda apparatus that turns a profit. The obvious solution would be to not own a spin machine if it's not t
by b00ty4breakfast 7mo ago
Jeffy wants to have his cake and eat it, too; a propaganda apparatus that turns a profit. The obvious solution would be to not own a spin machine if it's not turning a profit if you're looking to make money. But of course that would leave him without a mouthpiece.
I also wonder how much having his name attached to the thing is responsible for the awful balance sheet ca 2024. It may never turn a profit as long as it's a known Bezos operation.
- Mountain_Skies 7mo agoSimple solution: quantify the value of the propaganda and add that to the Post's balance sheet. Problem then is that the worker bees might decide they should get a slice of that value, which would offend Jeff's core sensibilities.
- polotics 7mo agoI think you hit the jackpot here. Taking it further: the value of facts° presented henceforth by the WaPo should be traced back to explicit gains. Not gains for the Post itself though, but for its owner, for example in regulatory capture. Those can be computed pretty precisely or estimated. How is this income generation not then inputted to the owner as income? It is said that the USSR failed because of incorrect accounting. Let's not let the Land of the Free fail in the same way!