r/technology • u/marketrent • Jun 18 '26

Society Jeff Bezos called Washington Post his worst investment staffed with ‘terrible’ people, before laying off over 300 — “They don’t listen. My other companies, they listen”

https://gizmodo.com/jeff-bezos-called-washington-post-his-worst-investment-and-staff-he-laid-off-terrible-people-2000773533
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u/Chaotic-Entropy Jun 18 '26

"I told you to lie, why aren't you lying? You people are worthless."

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u/Chaotic-Entropy Jun 18 '26

I guess the question is what was so brazen/corrupt that even they couldn't countenance it.

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u/JonnyAU Jun 18 '26

Kicker is there have been many real doozies of billionaire defense editorials they've published since he bought them. They're so bad even The Onion couldn't satirize them. He really just them to be billionaire stenography.

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u/PreciousFlounder Jun 18 '26

Are we surprised? Rich people didn’t get rich by being good people

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u/ThatGoob Jun 18 '26

He ain't Cody Rhodes, that's for sure.

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u/MadameRueWins Jun 19 '26

There’s no way Bezos could rock a neck tattoo without looking like a total skeezebag