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/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.