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• 2026-02-05 [L..T] How a Billionaire Dismantled One of America’s Great Newsrooms «Jeff Bezos destroyed the Washington Post. [..] Yesterday, the leadership of The Washington Post announced significant layoffs—gutting the Metro section, firing most of its international correspondents (including a reporter in a war zone in Ukraine), and shuttering the sports and books sections. [..] It sucks.»
• 2025-02-16 23:46 UTC [L..T] Washington Post backs out of 'Fire Elon Musk' ad order «"Is it because we're critical of what's happening with Elon Musk? Is it only OK to run things in the Post now that won't anger the president or won't have him calling Jeff Bezos asking why this was allowed?" she said, referring to the Post's owner, who is also the founder of Amazon and the space company Blue Origin. [/] She said the Post did not provide an explanation for why it decided not to run the wrap ad.»
• 2014-03-03 [L..T] The Washington Post Uses Biased Experts to Promote Propaganda on Venezuela «The Washington Post's Feb. 19 article about the recent spate of unrest in Venezuela took a breathlessly laudatory stance towards the opposition against President Nicolás Maduro. The opening paragraphs offer a good indication of its tenor...»
• 2011-07-23 14:44 UTC [L..T] Right-Wing Pundits Jumped To Blame Muslims And "Jihadists" For Norway Attacks ...«some pundits, mostly right-wing neoconservatives, proclaimed that this bore all the hallmarks of Islamic terrorism, even going so far as to draw policy prescriptions. At the Washington Post, normally a well-respected news outlet, Jennifer Rubin quoted the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies' Thomas Joscelyn and AEI scholar Gary Schmitt to say that the attacks were the result of Islamic terrorism. She then concluded the "jihadist" attack on Oslo means the U.S. shouldn't cut military spending...»
• 2009-09-08 [L..T] When Bush spoke to students, Democrats investigated, held hearings «Democrats, then the majority party in Congress, not only denounced Bush's speech -- they also ordered the General Accounting Office to investigate its production and later summoned top Bush administration officials to Capitol Hill for an extensive hearing on the issue.»