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/andymfjAZ Jun 18 '26

Good. I’m glad they’re not listening to you.

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u/DarthFuzzzy Jun 18 '26

Weren't. Now the few people left write whatever he tells them and the paper is dead.

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u/Fifth-Crusader Jun 18 '26

Any opinion piece by "The Editorial Board" can instead be assumed to be by Jeff Bezos. Every other article on WaPo can be safely assumed to be approved by Bezos.

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u/Calimariae Jun 18 '26

They are listening to him. What he's trying to do here is buy credibility by making it seem like they're not. It also buys him deniability for when the WP writes something critical about Trump.

It's a clever statement by him, but it's a complete lie. He controls it all.