5d ago

'Turned out the lights': Fury hits Washington Post as it refuses to run $115K anti-Musk ad

www.rawstory.com 'Turned out the lights': Fury hits Washington Post as it refuses to run $115K anti-Musk ad

The Washington Post canceled plans to run a front-and back-page advertisement that would have earned the paper $115,000 — and ran straight into fresh fury.The ad, reportedly sponsored by the watchdog group Common Cause, demanded that President Donald Trump fire Elon Musk, who is working as a special...

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When one oligarch tells another oligarch what they’re allowed to publish in their papers. America is more like North Korea every single day.
- Since when is Common Cause an oligarch?
  This article is about Bezos acting in solidarity with Musk, not one of them trying to censor the other.
  Edit: I am genuinely mystified by the downvotes. Somebody, please explain why you're butthurt that I'm not buying the notion of Jeff fucking Bezos being some sort of champion of the working class who was strongarmed into censoring the ad against his will.
  
  I think Musk and Bezos are the oligarchs they're referring to.
  
  No war but the class war.