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William Lindsey :toad:Gene Weingarten notes that Ruth Marcus was also an Associate Editor of Washington Post, "and was so well thought of that when Opinions editor Fred Hiatt died suddenly in December 2021, she was appointed interim editor, along with Karen Tumulty."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuthMarcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RuthMarcus</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JeffBezos</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicElites</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> /4<a href="https://geneweingarten.substack.com/p/sigh-vol-ix" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://geneweingarten.substack.com/p/sigh-vol-ix</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"What a perfect encapsulation of our media moment: a billionaire buys a storied newspaper, blocks endorsements, mandates coverage aligned with his ideology, and then silences anyone who dares question the new direction—all while claiming to champion "personal liberties."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuthMarcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RuthMarcus</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JeffBezos</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicElites</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> /3

William Lindsey :toad:"I am taking this step, after more than 40 years at The Post, following Will's decision to spike a column that I wrote expressing a concern about the newly announced direction for the section and declined to discuss the decision with me."Molloy says,"This is what happens when newspapers are run like authoritarian fiefdoms instead of journalistic institutions."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuthMarcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RuthMarcus</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JeffBezos</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicElites</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> /2

William Lindsey :toad:As Parker Molloy reports, highly regarded Washingon Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned today, stating,"With immense sadness I am writing to let you know that I have resigned from The Washington Post, in an email sent this morning to Jeff Bezos and Will Lewis and pasted below."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuthMarcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RuthMarcus</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JeffBezos</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicElites</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> /1<a href="https://www.readtpa.com/p/another-dark-day-at-the-bezos-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.readtpa.com/p/another-dark-day-at-the-bezos-post</a>

Flipboard News DeskColumnist Ruth Marcus has quit the Washington Post, saying publisher Will Lewis killed an op-ed critical of Jeff Bezos' edict about the paper's opinion section. Lewis' decision "underscores that the traditional freedom of columnists to select the topics they wish to address and say what they think has been dangerously eroded." Here's more from <a href="https://flipboard.com/@npr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@npr</a>.<a href="https://flip.it/DIsxm1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/DIsxm1</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Media</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/RuthMarcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RuthMarcus</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaPo</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JeffBezos</a>

Erik JonkerUnfreedom at the Washington Post. How an editorial line fosters authoritarianism, by Timothy Snyder. "Jeff Bezos: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets." The use of these terms in this way demeans the concept of freedom and pushes the country in the direction of tyranny." <a href="https://snyder.substack.com/p/unfreedom-at-the-washington-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://snyder.substack.com/p/unfreedom-at-the-washington-post</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/timothysnyder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#timothysnyder</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/washingtonpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#washingtonpost</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unfreedom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a>

Democracy Matters :verified:Amazon boycotts must be making a dent; they’re running tv spots “reminding you that 60% of Amazon sales are from independent sellers.”Time to open a new store, independent sellers!<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JeffBezos</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WillLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WillLewis</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaPo</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoycottAmazon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottWholeFoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoycottWholeFoods</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EatTheBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EatTheBillionaires</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

Democracy Matters :verified:One more piece for The Washington Post to be ashamed of. If you don’t have the balls to run a newspaper, don’t. P.S. Fuck you Mary A. Thiessen. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JeffBezos</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WillLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WillLewis</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaPo</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoycottAmazon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottWholeFoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoycottWholeFoods</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EatTheBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EatTheBillionaires</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

FlipboardSubscribers to The Washington Post don't like Jeff Bezos's radical overhaul of the paper's opinion pages. More than 75,000 have canceled since the announcement on Wednesday. Current and ex-staffers have also spoken out, with former executive editor Marty Baron calling the move "craven." Between late October and the day of the U.S. election (Nov. 5), more than 300,000 subscribers canceled. The Post has wooed around 400,000 new subscribers since then, <a href="https://flipboard.com/@npr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@npr</a> reports, but often at highly discounted rates.<a href="https://flip.it/P3QWBG" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/P3QWBG</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JeffBezos</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Media</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MediaIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaIndustry</a>

Erik JonkerWhen you are so rich/powerful and you don't have the guts to run a newspaper like you are supposed to by not allowing opposite views. "viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others". How does he even explain this to his friends, family? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bezos</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#censorship</a>

William Lindsey :toad:As Michael Hanfeld says today in the Frankfurter Allegemeine, when Bezos says he wants Washington Post to maximize freedom, what he's really saying is that he is going to dictate that the paper sing the song of the super-rich owning class that has allied itself with Trump. Some freedom. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bezos</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Orb%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orbán</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicElites</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> /12<a href="https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/jeff-bezos-ruiniert-die-washington-post-und-die-demokratie-gleich-mit-110325196.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/jeff-bezos-ruiniert-die-washington-post-und-die-demokratie-gleich-mit-110325196.html</a>

Nonilex“There is no doubt in my mind that he is doing this out of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fear</a> of the consequences for his other business interests, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amazon</a> (the source of his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a>) & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlueOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlueOrigin</a> (which represents his lifelong passion for space exploration),” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MartyBaron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MartyBaron</a> wrote Wednesday. “He has prioritized those commercial interests over The Post, & he is betraying The Post’s longstanding <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/principles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#principles</a> to do so.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bezos</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FourthEstate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bezos</a> ended the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a>‘s decades-long tradition of presidential endorsements—& scrapped a planned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/endorsement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#endorsement</a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KamalaHarris</a>—last fall, & he appeared alongside other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> *leaders* [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technocrats</a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchs</a>] at Trump’s inauguration…. He also donated $1M to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s inaugural cmte.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FourthEstate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MartyBaron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MartyBaron</a> — played by Liev Schriber in Oscar-winning movie Spotlight—served as the paper’s executive editor from early 2013, months before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bezos</a> purchased the Post, through to early 2021. He documented his relationship w/the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amazon</a> founder in his book Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a>.In his statement, Baron wondered how Bezos’ support for personal liberties squared with his mandate for limited views on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opinion</a> pages.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FourthEstate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bezos</a> said on Wed he would mandate the paper’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/opinions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opinions</a> section to focus on supporting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeMarkets</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PersonalLiberties</a>, saying those pieces w/opposing views can “be left to be published by others.”The move was rebuked by current & former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> staffers, though it was praised in a trolling post by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s WH.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MartyBaron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MartyBaron</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FourthEstate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trumpaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ViewPointDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ViewPointDiscrimination</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

NonilexLegendary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> Editor, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MartyBaron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MartyBaron</a>, Slams <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bezos</a> for ‘Betraying’ Paper with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> MakeoverFmr WaPo executive editor Marty Baron condemned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JeffBezos</a>’ revamp of the paper’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/opinions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opinions</a> section in a statement to the Daily Beast, saying he was “sad & disgusted” by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaire</a>’s demands.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FourthEstate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePress</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trumpaganda</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ViewPointDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ViewPointDiscrimination</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-wapo-editor-marty-baron-sad-and-disgusted-at-bezos-opinions-overhaul/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-wapo-editor-marty-baron-sad-and-disgusted-at-bezos-opinions-overhaul/</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"So Bezos has decided to put his thumb on the scales of the debate, as the owner of one of the most identifiable, and historically influential, newspapers in the United States.<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bezos</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Orb%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orbán</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WashingtonPost</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicElites</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> /12

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