Posted on 03/07/2025 7:06:25 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Soon after Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, acquired The Washington Post for $250 million in 2013, he assured its editors and reporters — myself included — that he would give us the freedom to do our jobs and “follow the story” without interference from him.
At a 2016 Washington Post tech forum with Marty Baron, who was then executive editor, Bezos quoted a phrase he had heard from the legendary Watergate reporter Bob Woodward: “Democracy dies in darkness.”
It was a perfect motto to advertise the mission of one of America’s most storied and respected news organizations — a newspaper that has won 76 Pulitzer Prizes since 1936 — and herald the new ownership of a company that had been run by one family for 80 years.
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We Geez, Cammie. Thanks for sharing that with us. We were wondering.
Ya right, they were going to follow the story. Buncha amateurs. The story was in front of them for a decade and they couldn’t find it if it screamed at them. So adios morons.
Dweeb should start calling himself Candy Barr.
Democracy dies in darkness, yet Wapo didn’t say anything nor did they investigate when the press was left in a complete dark wbout who actually ran the government 2021-2024.
WHATSAMATTER CANT INLT REPORT AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP ANYMORE?
Get lost. OR GO AND WORK FOR AP !!
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