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hlthe2b

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11. Your claim was that WAPO had been turned into "turned into right wing propaganda"--that is what I responded to.

Fri Oct 25, 2024, 10:55 AM

Oct 25

Yes, there are occasional crappy biased stories intermixed--but no constant pattern like NYT. And yes, Bezos has been hands-off on the day-to-day editorial decisions and direction. Unlike NYT's A. G. Sulzberger who gave marching orders to go after Biden day in and day out on age, but everything else as well--just because Biden would not bend the knee and give NYT a long-form interview. Some of that attitude remains today marking coverage of Harris-Walz.

On edit: seeing that the editor is taking "credit" for disallowing WAPO editorial board from making a Presidential Endorsement for Harris, I have ended my subscription. JohnSJ has too and I'd suggest all send them a message by doing similarly.

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NYT, LA Times, Washington Post, WSJ, Huffington Post, Warner/CNN, Twitter [View all] samsingh Oct 25 OP

A worthy goal, but in the meantime there are good non-corporate sites like Common Dreams, The Intercept, TheRickles Oct 25 #1

i look at them all - but their reach cannot be compared to the others samsingh Oct 25 #6

AP, Reuters, and to SOME extent PBS..... democratsruletheday Oct 25 #16

That happened to the Baltimore Sun. OLDMDDEM Oct 25 #2

WAPO hired a crappy new editor, but at least in the past, Bezos has been hands off... hlthe2b Oct 25 #3

Bezos immediately put up a paywall samsingh Oct 25 #7

Your claim was that WAPO had been turned into "turned into right wing propaganda"--that is what I responded to. hlthe2b Oct 25 #11

Cheaper, but more labor intensive, option: use critical thinking skills. Nt Fiendish Thingy Oct 25 #4

works for us but not the 40%+ that are stupidly supporting the republicans samsingh Oct 25 #8

The 40% don't watch MSNBC now Fiendish Thingy Oct 25 #10

can't base critical thinking on 100% bad data cynical_idealist Oct 25 #12

That is the essence of critical thinking Fiendish Thingy Oct 25 #13

my point is only that many people are never exposed to valid information and perspectives cynical_idealist Oct 25 #14

Deal with it how? Boomerproud Oct 25 #5

get our billionnaires to invest in newspapers and media samsingh Oct 25 #9

NYT endorsed Harris weeks ago Polybius Oct 25 #15