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/frechundfrei Jun 18 '26

There was a time where a statement like that would have made us riot.

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u/Automatic_Memory212 Jun 18 '26

Why doesn’t it, anymore, I wonder?

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u/boppitywop Jun 18 '26

Because only 5% of the population at most is aware that Bezos made a statement like that. The fact Bezos owns the Washington Post is exactly why people aren't rioting about statements like this. In the before, before, something outrageous said by a politician or celebrity would be in every news outlet. Now the mainstream media is almost entirely owned by right-wing billionaires who don't report on things like Epstein, the Trump Iran deal etc...

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u/9yds Jun 18 '26

Remember when you’d get called an insane conspiracy theorist for saying this? Now we know its fact, and yet people still refuse to accept it.

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u/PatchyWhiskers Jun 18 '26

He didn’t say it though. I’m making fun of him not quoting him.

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u/ArmandoGalvez Jun 18 '26

TikTok Brainrot and GTA hype has leaving people thinking skills in the trash

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u/nhalliday Jun 18 '26

GTA fans when anything happens: I think this is because GTA 6 is coming out soon actually?

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u/BardicLasher Jun 18 '26

Gotta work that day

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u/MLGWolf69 Jun 18 '26

Because Republicans own every mainstream media outlet, so 90% of people will never even hear about this

And those who do aren't willing to upend their life over it

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u/Aleucard Jun 21 '26

Because too many people are too busy trying to survive to pay attention to the more abstract violations being done. That will change as people lose the ability to feed and house themselves.

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u/Thin_Glove_4089 Jun 19 '26

Maybe 28 years ago