‘Real threat of autocracy’: Washington Post editorial staffers resign in forceful letters
‘Real threat of autocracy’: Washington Post editorial staffers resign in forceful letters
Fallout continues over newspaper’s decision not to support Harris for president as over 200,000 cancel subscriptions
These 'people' that own all the things, need to start facing punishment for their crimes against their country and humanity.
The French had a pretty effective way of handling that.
Bozos: goooood, gooood, now I can hire cheaper loyalists. I win again! Boy it's good to be the king.
Yeah, and rake in that sweet, sweet online newspaper money.
Hang on a second...
I think he'd be better served to just sell it. I don't know if these things are even on his radar, and from the aggressive cluelessness on display in his editorial trying to justify it, I suspect not. But whatever he was hoping to gain from controlling the Post is no longer going to be accomplished, at this point, whether he realizes that or not. He can either hang on to it as it crumbles and dies, or get rid of it and give it some semblance of a chance at continued life, and get back a little bit of money. Those are the options.
I think from his point of view it's more like he either makes the media he buys (and their readers) obedient or he destroys the media taking away a chanel of his opposition. Either way he wins. The same works for Musk and Twitter.
There's some money to be had in subscription. There's way more to be had in brand recognition and blind trust. Owning something like WaPo means that when a newer and more adventurous outlet publishes "Amazon drivers caught running over babies," you can publish "No we didn't, trust us, were WaPo" and when people read the article from the smaller outlet, they'll feel it's less credible.
Owning the narrative is power and a money-printing machine.
I suppose that's a good point. I don't actually know how much they make in terms of profit for him to even care about that aspect.