@wdlindsy The point I'm trying to impart here is that the principles and history of a press that's lasted for over 150 years are as nothing in comparison to the unchecked power that comes with possession of $200 billion.

The apeasment and equivocation done by the NYT, LA Times and WaPo were done under the ownership of people with authoritarian principles. Bezos' interpretation of the Golden Rule is why the WaPo buckled.

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What's $250 million (what Bezos purchased the WaPo for) to a man with $200 billion?

Nothing.

It's less than what he makes in interest on his hedge funds. The WaPo and it's 150 years of journalism are worth the pocket change of a kleptokrat.

Think on this. The man payed the equivalent of what you collect in pennies, dimes, quarters, and nickles in a jug on your counter. It was a lark, an impulse purchase. Didn't work out? Eh, fuckit- on to the next institution.