A paper can resist government regulation, but a normal business cannot (or could not in 2010). Bezos is philosophically an opponent of government regulation[1]

A paper can resist government regulation, but a normal business cannot (or could not in 2010). Bezos is philosophically an opponent of government regulation[1] and may have bought the Washington Post simply because he hated backing down in 2010. Now he has a weapon and can fight back. We might actually see much more reporting on the network of multibillion dollar bureaucratic TLAs that control our GOV, with the IRS, NSA, and now DEA scandals being just the beginning. [1] http://www.geekwire.com/2011/meet-shel-kaphan-amazoncom-employee-1/4/ http://www.geekwire.com/2011/meet-shel-kaphan-amazoncom-empl... Q: What would you ask Bezos if you sat down with coffee for him today? Shel Kaphan, First Amazon Employee: “The first (questions) that come to mind are personal, but one that I’d like to ask him is whether, even after what’s happened in the economy since 2008, if he would still contend that less government regulation is always better.” Of course, Sarbox did nothing to prevent the financial crisis. And Dodd Frank will do nothing to prevent the meltdown of the US dollar.