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fujiyamasan

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15. If Bezos wants to use the Post as his propaganda rag

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Wed May 28, 2025, 12:44 AM

May 28

He may as well make it free, because I can’t imagine them holding on to too many more subscribers. As it is, I’m guessing he’s heavily subsidizing it at a loss.

The paper already lost several thousands of subscribers, columnists and editorialists after Bezos intervened to not have them endorse a candidate. I would imagine more journalists will leave at this rate, leaving it with little credibility.

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