WaPo dies in darkness
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I wonder what they thought would happen?
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jan/06/washington-post-layoffs
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Anne Telnaes quits the WaPo over content censorship.
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post?r=smpq9&triedRedirect=true
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And then we have this awful thing:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/06/trump-tariff-economy-trade/
It’s obviously AI -weird phrasing, repeats itself, no investigative content, just a bunch of sanewashing.
Pity. They had a good run.
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Another good columnist gone:
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/i-have-resigned-from-the-washington
Why do tech bros persist in buying up
Media properties only to run them in to the ground? -
The Post’s owner quashed a presidential endorsement for Trump’s opponent, forked over $1M for Trump’s inauguration through Amazon, and publicly lauded Trump’s agenda.
None of us could imagine Katharine Graham sending LBJ or Nixon a $1M check.
I recently re-watched the four part documentary on Watergate with John Dean. Carl Bernstein talks about how when agents with subpoenas showed up to confiscate his notes, Graham said that they were her notes and that if anyone was going to jail for refusing to give them up, it was her. Bernstein says it still chokes him up when he recalls that memory.
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Another good columnist gone:
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/i-have-resigned-from-the-washington
Why do tech bros persist in buying up
Media properties only to run them in to the ground?@Steve-Miller Oh, I'm so glad she left. She's way too good for Bezos. And I'm glad she's going to try and establish something independent.
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I did too. I always enjoyed her work.
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Cake. Yes, cake.
We have always been at war with Eastasia.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/26/nx-s1-5309725/jeff-bezos-washington-post-opinion-section
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Another one bites the dust. Ruth Marcus, one of their top political columnists has resigned. One of the three I used to read regularly.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/mar/10/washington-post-ruth-marcus-resigns
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I've been reading it from my daughter's subscription. Notices appear that her sub expires in 3 days. Looks like she's not renewing.
