Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 19:37     Subject: Re:Democracy Dies in Darkness

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bezos has now decreed that every opinion piece and editorial in the Post should always and only support personal liberties and free markets.





Then what is the point of the Opinion page, if only one kind of opinion is permitted?

Au revoir to the Fourth Estate.


Newspapers like the WSJ and the NYT censor opinion editors all the time. What are you talking about? They wouldn’t let a Communist opine on the WSJ editorial page. At least Bezos is transparent about his censoring of the opinion page. In other places opinion writers know what they can’t say but the owners / editors aren’t as explicit about saying what isn’t allowed.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 19:32     Subject: Re:Democracy Dies in Darkness

Anonymous wrote:Who cares about a newspaper's opinion about anything? I read them for news, not to be told what to think, or how I should interpret facts presented elsewhere in the publication.

People with critical analysis skills should look at opinion pieces as entertainment, or perhaps as food for thought, but never as gospel.


I almost never read opinion pieces, because like you, I'm there for news and don't care.

But this does not bode well for anything else at the paper. It's sad.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 18:39     Subject: Re:Democracy Dies in Darkness

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Who cares about a newspaper's opinion about anything? I read them for news, not to be told what to think, or how I should interpret facts presented elsewhere in the publication.

People with critical analysis skills should look at opinion pieces as entertainment, or perhaps as food for thought, but never as gospel.


+1. I have found that the Post's coverage of DOGE is as good as or better than any other source. See today's article on Musk feeding at the federal trough.



This is true so far.

Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 18:38     Subject: Democracy Dies in Darkness

Anonymous wrote:Wow. I stayed with the post so far but this is too much. I'm cancelling my subscription. What other papers to support? Anything local?


I'm considering The Guardian and Wired.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 09:26     Subject: Re:Democracy Dies in Darkness

Anonymous wrote:Who cares about a newspaper's opinion about anything? I read them for news, not to be told what to think, or how I should interpret facts presented elsewhere in the publication.

People with critical analysis skills should look at opinion pieces as entertainment, or perhaps as food for thought, but never as gospel.


+1. I have found that the Post's coverage of DOGE is as good as or better than any other source. See today's article on Musk feeding at the federal trough.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 09:19     Subject: Re:Democracy Dies in Darkness

Who cares about a newspaper's opinion about anything? I read them for news, not to be told what to think, or how I should interpret facts presented elsewhere in the publication.

People with critical analysis skills should look at opinion pieces as entertainment, or perhaps as food for thought, but never as gospel.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2025 07:32     Subject: Democracy Dies in Darkness

Wow. I stayed with the post so far but this is too much. I'm cancelling my subscription. What other papers to support? Anything local?
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2025 12:44     Subject: Re:Democracy Dies in Darkness

Anonymous wrote:Bezos has now decreed that every opinion piece and editorial in the Post should always and only support personal liberties and free markets.





Then what is the point of the Opinion page, if only one kind of opinion is permitted?

Au revoir to the Fourth Estate.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2025 12:43     Subject: Re:Democracy Dies in Darkness

Bezos has now decreed that every opinion piece and editorial in the Post should always and only support personal liberties and free markets.



Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 21:00     Subject: Democracy Dies in Darkness

Anonymous wrote:Who cancelled their WaPo subscription?


😝😝😝
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 20:16     Subject: Democracy Dies in Darkness

Anonymous wrote:I have not read the WashPo for decades. The news was always slanted and manipulative. Y'all are just mad because Bezos is now besties with Trump. For the record, I want neutral news.

NEUTRAL.

I don't want to be manipulated. I don't want the news massaged. Is that too much to ask from the free press?


Where do you get news from?
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 15:01     Subject: Democracy Dies in Darkness

Subscribers who haven't yet abandoned ship... what's it like since the big exodus and all the current Drump baloney?
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 14:56     Subject: Democracy Dies in Darkness

nah - democracy is dying in the light of day.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2025 12:25     Subject: Democracy Dies in Darkness

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Lauren Sanchez is a high end prostitute. Nothing more

Really sad state of affairs for WaPo. Incredible how low it has fallen

Wrong. She had a career in journalism before meeting Bezos.

Forgot to mention that she is an EMMY award winning journalist.

Oh, and she is a licensed pilot and book author. Far from being a prostitute!


Hmmmmm…… why can’t she be all?


There's no evidence of her performing sex work. Facts are facts.