Wash Post Opinion Editor Resigns after Bezos Restricts Opinion Topics - "Democracy Dying in the Light"

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Anonymous wrote:The WaPo was lost when he pulled the Harris endorsement. This was coming.

Get your news elsewhere. The WaPo is going to fold.

Pretty sure WaPo has been losing money for years. Bezos just uses it as an influence tool, like any smart billionaire would. He's seen the shifting political landscape and has now dropped the leftist/woke stuff and getting in line. Not surprising. But don't think that a boycott is going to cause WaPo to change course---the purpose has not been profits for a long time.

He doesn’t care about subscriptions. It’s not a profit making venture. It’s now just his way to suck up to Trump. We need to kick these billionaires out of our important institutions. But how? We can’t even limit their influence in elections.

The answer here is an extremely long game by democrats to fight for the little guy -- elect reps and senators in favor of campaign finance reform and seat judges and eventually nominate justices who will overturn Citizens United. This long game campaign would be equivalent to the R campaign to overturn RvW. Democrats need to get their act together and meet in the middle and fight for the average American being pummeled by R policies, not just identity groups or fringe elements. Their ONLY message needs to be for the little guy, economically speaking, against the billionaire. Unite around this concept now.

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Citizens United is the Democrats' primary point of attack?

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone help me read between the lines here?
If he wants opinion pieces that are more dedicated to personal freedom wouldn’t that mean he doesn’t like what he’s seeing in trump either?
To me that means if I wrote a piece about Republicans wanting to control women’s bodies and possibly how to get around that that’s personal freedom, right?

Yes.

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I kept my digital subscription to WaPo. I am not sure Bezos has follow through. For the post couple of days every single editorial has been a criticism of the Trump administration. (Rightly so because it’s warranted.) I just find it interesting at how it played out. His announcement was only words, not action.

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It doesn’t matter. He’s lost hundreds of thousands of subscriptions. DH said he’d be resubscribing in Feb, and hasn’t yet, said he’s not interested. I don’t think any of my friends have resubscribed. There are plenty of other outlets and independents.

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I thought we would resubscribe by now, but we haven't seen the need.

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Good. GTFO

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Anonymous wrote:I kept my digital subscription to WaPo. I am not sure Bezos has follow through. For the post couple of days every single editorial has been a criticism of the Trump administration. (Rightly so because it’s warranted.) I just find it interesting at how it played out. His announcement was only words, not action.

This tracks because Bezos said all editorials should be in favor of “personal liberties and free markets” and the Trump administration is trampling both of those things.

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Anonymous wrote:I kept my digital subscription to WaPo. I am not sure Bezos has follow through. For the post couple of days every single editorial has been a criticism of the Trump administration. (Rightly so because it’s warranted.) I just find it interesting at how it played out. His announcement was only words, not action.

This tracks because Bezos said all editorials should be in favor of “personal liberties and free markets” and the Trump administration is trampling both of those things.

Not sure why liberals thought it would be pro-Trump.