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STUDY: 17,000 Reasons Bezos-Owned WashPost Hopes Elon Musk ‘Doesn’t Win His Bid for Twitter’
NewsBusters ^ | 4/20/2022 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 04/20/2022 8:45:13 AM PDT by JV3MRC

The leftist newspaper owned by the second richest man in the world is obsessed with smearing his main competitor’s $43 billion Twitter takeover bid. It was willing to spend over 17,000 words to do it.

An MRC Business study of The Washington Post archives found that the newspaper published at least 15 articles between Musk’s April 14 Twitter announcement and April 17 alone criticizing him over his mission to turn Twitter into a platform that upholds free speech. That’s just four days worth of articles making up news items and op-eds. The articles included made up a whopping 17,046 words, all of which attempted to smear Musk. One columnist claimed that if Musk succeeds, “we’re all doomed.” Another bloviated that people like Musk who believe there should be less censorship on social media shouldn’t control Twitter.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; districtofcolumbia; elonmusk; jeffbezos; newsbusters; spacex; starlink; tesla; twitter; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost

1 posted on 04/20/2022 8:45:13 AM PDT by JV3MRC
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To: JV3MRC

If Elon Musk is successful in making Twitter into a free speech zone, the Washington Post’s ability to control the narrative (and the nation) decreases precipitously.


2 posted on 04/20/2022 8:52:14 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: JV3MRC
Strange, but not unexpected, bedfellows for the liberals these days.


3 posted on 04/20/2022 8:54:18 AM PDT by dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vFiUUcBkc)
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To: JV3MRC

Even Fox News is dancing around the real reason that the Left is flipping out over Musk buying Twitter; they are terrified that he will let President Trump back on. I hope he does so along with a lot more of the banned. Otherwise, what does “free speech” even mean?


4 posted on 04/20/2022 8:56:38 AM PDT by cdcdawg (He is risen!)
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one of the biggest YT channels I watch with more than a million subscribers stated that Twitter was dying BEFORE Trump started tweeting and he was the most followed tweet by tweet. The top 5 most subscribed people on Twitter DONT even tweet anymore as regularly as they once did. No, it’s not Russell Brand’s channel but he stated it as well.


5 posted on 04/20/2022 9:03:32 AM PDT by max americana (fired leftards on cue after every election since 1992, and enjoyed seeing these bastards cry)
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To: JV3MRC

The ingratitude of Bezos is stunning. This country made him one of the richest people in the country and he pays it back by destroying free speech. What a disgusting creep.


6 posted on 04/20/2022 9:15:53 AM PDT by McGavin999 (To shut down the border tell the administration the cartel is smuggling Ivermectin )
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To: marktwain

Bezo’s, Jack Ma, Gates, Musk et al are in business together. They don’t want failure. Here is a list of BEV board of Directors and Investors https://www.breakthroughenergy.org/investing-in-innovation/bev-board-and-investors


7 posted on 04/20/2022 9:24:48 AM PDT by M_Continuum
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To: JV3MRC
The REAL reason why the Left is scared of Musk owning Twitter: Musk will expose that Twitter is actually propaganda instrument for the Left, not a free speech online discussion area.
8 posted on 04/20/2022 9:26:03 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: JV3MRC

Oh yeah that paper, which BTW says that everyone in Texas will die of starvation.


9 posted on 04/20/2022 9:49:23 AM PDT by Morpheus2009 (If you want me to be afraid, then be consistent in your logic, standards, and your lies!s)
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To: JV3MRC

Here’s a good question: Why doesn’t Bezos outbid Musk for control? He wouldn’t even have to do it under his name, just use proxies. The same with Soros, and other lefty swines?


10 posted on 04/20/2022 9:53:32 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("When a woman thinks alone, she thinks evil", from "Malleus Maleficarum" (1486))
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twitter and the other social media were created so as to deny free speech to conservatives. There was big money invested so this would happen. It did.

Now the left is afraid they will lose their iron grip on the minds of the public.


11 posted on 04/20/2022 9:54:06 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.th)
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To: max americana

And what youtube channel would that be?


12 posted on 04/20/2022 10:24:57 AM PDT by Mama Shawna
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To: dead

Maybe this tool will be the cause for Iran to takeover Mecca. The Sauds are not too bright given liberals causing for Iran and Yemen


13 posted on 04/20/2022 10:47:00 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: JV3MRC

Comment found elsewhere: Jeff Bezos purchased Washington Post for a paltry 250 million and not a soul complained about it.
But an immigrant African American entrepreneur tries to buy Twitter, and all the racist xénophobes come out in full force.


14 posted on 04/20/2022 2:40:02 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy gas)
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To: Mama Shawna

“And what youtube channel would that be?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eOBzIa8fFo

I finally found it lol.


15 posted on 04/21/2022 7:53:29 PM PDT by max americana (fired leftards on cue after every election since 1992, and enjoyed seeing these bastards cry)
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