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Morale plummets inside The Washington Post as staffers express alarm over publisher’s attempts to squash story (www.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But Lewis and his team of spokespeople (he has a personal representative, in addition to those who handle public relations on behalf of the outlet), would have likely been able to contain the mess, if it were to have remained isolated. Unfortunately for Lewis, it did not. Buzbee’s ouster led to the revelation that weeks beforehand Lewis had pressured her to refrain from publishing a story about his alleged involvement in the U.K. phone hacking scandal. At the time of the scandal, which engulfed Rupert Murdoch’s media empire and was revived by a new Prince Harry lawsuit, Lewis was a senior executive at News Corporation, a position that has left an indelible stain on his resume.

Murdoch sewer-meister spewing more garbage at the WaPo.

This is not disappointing. This is not sad. This is not bad. This is outrageous.

My “journalists are respectable, news media are responsible” lemming friend needs to grok this. This is normal. This is destructive. This is going to destroy us all.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It is outrageous as hell that a Fox News exec is new CEO of the Washington Post.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Fox News exec is new CEO of the Washington Post.

Don't worry, they will still print enough truthful news to keep people believing they are journalists while guiding their audiences to their fascist agenda.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Is this the one Bezos owns?

[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How Lewis cleans up this mammoth of a mess that he has created for himself remains to be seen. Can he do it? One wonders what Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Post, who must be growing quite tired of constantly seeing his newspaper ensnared in controversy, thinks of the situation. Inside the newsroom, though, the sentiment is plain as day.

“He’s really losing the newsroom on a large scale,” a staffer said, sizing up the state of affairs. “People don’t trust him, don’t believe he has the same values and ethics as our journalists and there are major concerns of how far he would go to censor or shut down coverage.”

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

Oh look I failed the comprehension exam ☹️

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah. Though...reading the numbers, it sounds like it was a pretty bad buy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post

In October 2013, the Graham family sold the newspaper to Nash Holdings, a holding company owned by Jeff Bezos, for $250 million.[7]

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/22/business/media/jeff-bezos-washington-post.html

The Post is on a pace to lose about $100 million in 2023, according to two people with knowledge of the company’s finances

That's a pretty large amount of money to be losing each year relative to the value of the company.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You could think of it as an expenditure (to control or at least steer the wider media narrative about news events) rather than a loss. $100/M for that is a pretty good deal, and quite affordable if you are Bezos.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

It is quite literally about 24 hours worth of income for ol' Jeff B.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

100 million a year for someone who has hundreds of billions. Yeah, he probably doesn't mind.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yes, and his appointment was a clear signal that certain parties had ideas on how WaPo could better align with their interests.

Which is why this is so amusing. His baggage was a big reason why he was hired, and they had to know it would come out. No reason not to weather the storm and just communicate via friendly interviews and strategically placed PR/leaks.

Lol. Nope. Instead he said, "Nah, I got this. Hold my silver spoon tooter."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Mmhmm

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Y’all are allergic to reading the article before commenting hu.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I’m allergic to reading :,(

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Washington Post has advocated for a direct US military invasion of Syria multiple times and yet that didn't impact morale apparently

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Why would a guest editorial affect morale? Why was the defeat of ISIS a bad thing? You do realize that the Syrian dictator was the cause of a massive war in Syria, not the USA right? You do realize that Putin sent massive military forces into Syria to keep their naval base right and prop up the dictator right?

Turkey is the country that should have "invaded" Syria, not the USA. They are right on the border and Syria was part of their country less than 100 years earlier. They could have went in and established safe zones for the refuges fleeing the dictator and kicked out ISIS.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It wasn't A GUEST editorial. It was multiple, plural and it was from the editorial board not a guest. Also this is before ISIS. Also they were on the side of the so-called moderates against Asaad.

Yes I am aware that Asaad is a bad person. Just because the dictator is a bad person doesn't mean people opposing them are our friends and it also doesn't mean the US should commit troops. We are not the police department for planet Earth nor should we ever ever be.

Yes I am aware Putin was/is on the side of the Syrian government. Again, that is not a justification (by the treaties the US signed) for an US troop ground invasion.

The Washington Post pushed for the US to illegally invade a country we had no business being in. They pushed for it repeatedly. As I mentioned to my emails to them on the subject, if they want to fight there they should fly over and do it themselves. I am sure their best buddies the "moderates" would love the help.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh that’s horrible. During the Arab spring, when Assad was literally levelling Aleppo killing his own population and destroying cultural heritage to booth, some people wanted the US to intervene. How could one ever again work with such inhumane colleagues? /s

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes very terrible. I wont downplay it.

Now, did the US sign a legally binding document in 1945 that forbid wars of aggression without UN authorization, yes or no?

Watch as this question gets ignored.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

10 hours later and i think ya they did a naruto log vanish

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Really every warmonger can be defeated by the Socratic method. Which is why they constantly avoid it. Declare that a problem exists, declare that violence is the only way whatsoever to get rid of the problem, and then fuck off to hang out with their military contractor buddies.

The Iraq war could have been stopped with Congress just asking some basic questions, you know if they wanted to.