Opinion Washington Post Owner Jeff Bezos Wants More Conservative Opinion Writers At Paper: Report

[Fergelmince]

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos wants more conservative opinion writers at paper: report

Bezos is reportedly keen on expanding his newspaper’s reach among right-leaning audiences, according to a report in The New York Times.

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"Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has reportedly given the newspaper a mandate to add more conservative voices to its opinion section — even as he remains silent over the broadsheet’s decision not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election.

Bezos — the world’s second richest person with a fortune that Bloomberg Billionaires Index valued at $211 billion as of Monday — is keen on gaining a more ideologically diverse readership by expanding his newspaper’s reach among right-leaning audiences, according to a report in The New York Times."

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Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos wants more conservative opinion writers at paper: report

Bezos is reportedly keen on expanding his newspaper’s reach among right-leaning audiences, according to a report in The New York Times.

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[GearSolidMetal]

 

[Bballfan123]

not true, i read on the internet that the billionaire capitalist is actually a liberal

 

[HomeCheese]

I don't think the conservatives read the paper much.

 

[Deleted member 585708]

I doubt Bezos is part of the New World Order but it's funny watching the anti establishment, anti-NWO GOP getting hijacked by a series of uber-rich business lords lol

 

[Madmick]

I just posted the below in the other thread, but it's relevant enough to be reposted here.

“I Can’t Sugarcoat It Anymore”​

When Washington Post publisher Will Lewis and new interim executive editor Matt Murray met with staff Monday, the newsroom was still coming to terms with the abrupt exit of Sally Buzbee, who had led the paper since May 2021.

“Everyone was pretty shocked with your email last night,” one reporter said at the meeting, according to a source present. The reporter suggested that “the most cynical interpretation sort of feels like you chose two of your buddies to come in and help run the Post, and we now have four white men running three newsrooms,” and expressed surprise at this development given Lewis’s prior commitments to diversity...

During the Monday meeting, Lewis said, “We need world-class journalism every single day, and the people that are coming in to help us do that will be a real benefit to the organization.”

Later in the meeting, another reporter asked Lewis whether “any women or people of color were interviewed and seriously considered for either of these positions,” a question that prompted applause....

At one point Lewis was asked whether he was intentionally bringing in people who come from a different culture than the Post. “We are losing large amounts of money. Your audience has halved in recent years. People are not reading your stuff. I can’t sugarcoat it anymore,” Lewis said. “So I’ve had to take decisive, urgent action to set us on a different path, sourcing talent that I have worked with that are the best of the best.”

You can already see the guiding ethos of those editors & journalists above. Their ship is plunging into the icy depths, everyone is going to be out of a job if it stays that course, but what are they most upset about? White guys.

You can tell that hard-hitting Pulitzer-prize type journalism without compromise has been their primary concern, LOL. So pure:


Get woke go broke.

 

[Cajun]

I just posted the below in the other thread, but it's relevant enough to be reposted here.

“I Can’t Sugarcoat It Anymore”​

You can already see the guiding ethos of those editors & journalists above. Their ship is plunging into the icy depths, everyone is going to be out of a job if it stays that course, but what are they most upset about? White guys.

You can tell that hard-hitting Pulitzer-prize type journalism without compromise has been their primary concern, LOL. So pure:


Get woke go broke.

I thought the post was conservative leaning... no?

 

[Madmick]

I thought the post was conservative leaning... no?

Not even remotely. They've endorsed the Democrat for President 12 straight times (would have been a 13th) going back to 1976.

They score a -6.85 on the partisan bias spectrum according to Adfontes:

Interactive Media Bias Chart | Ad Fontes Media

The Interactive Media Bias Chart offers the ability to search from among the thousands of rated web/print, TV and podcast sources.

adfontesmedia.com

They're "Left-Center" on Media Bias and AllSides:

Washington Post - Bias and Credibility

LEFT-CENTER BIAS These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording

mediabiasfactcheck.com

https://www.allsides.com/news/2024-10-16-0315/politics-washington-post

They aren't partisan whackos, but it is a trenchantly leftist newspaper. There is no deviation from that leftist sensibility. It isn't extreme, but it is extremely consistent.

 

[Cajun]

Not even remotely. They've endorsed the Democrat for President 12 straight times (would have been a 13th) going back to 1976.

They score a -6.85 on the partisan bias spectrum according to Adfontes:

Interactive Media Bias Chart | Ad Fontes Media

The Interactive Media Bias Chart offers the ability to search from among the thousands of rated web/print, TV and podcast sources.

adfontesmedia.com

They're "Left-Center" on Media Bias and AllSides:

Washington Post - Bias and Credibility

LEFT-CENTER BIAS These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording

mediabiasfactcheck.com

https://www.allsides.com/news/2024-10-16-0315/politics-washington-post

They aren't partisan whackso, but it is a trenchantly leftist newspaper. There is no deviation from that leftist sensibility. It isn't extreme, but it is extremely consistent.

Ah.... maybe I'm thinking of another. Anyway, if any balance is achieved then I support it. I don't support just dealing from one side. Will see

 

[Natural Order]

I thought the post was conservative leaning... no?

Post has, at least in my lifetime, always been defined as slightly left of center.

 

[Cajun]

Post has, at least in my lifetime, always been defined as slightly left of center.

Cheers. Maybe im thinking of another.

 

[avenue94]

Ah.... maybe I'm thinking of another. Anyway, if any balance is achieved then I support it. I don't support just dealing from one side. Will see

That would be the Washington Times and the moonies.

 

[Cajun]

That would be the Washington Times and the moonies.

thanks

 

[west42]

Ah.... maybe I'm thinking of another. Anyway, if any balance is achieved then I support it. I don't support just dealing from one side. Will see

You're probably thinking of the New York Post

 

[Scerpi]

I thought the post was conservative leaning... no?

What!! lol... noooo

 

[Seano]

I thought the post was conservative leaning... no?

You may be thinking of the Washington Times.

 

[Seano]

double

 

[Cajun]

You may be thinking of the Washington Times.

Likely... again.. if balance is what is to be achieved then i'm good with it. I would like to see fewer editorials that dominate and just one or two here or there.

 

[Seano]

What!! lol... noooo

Imagine saying someone who survived an assassination attempt by inches is "playing the victim".

There is truly something wrong with the left.

 

[Bob Gray]

If the other thread regarding the Post is any indication, the only possible reason this could be happening is because of Trump and Musk banding together to attack the very foundations of the fabric of the liberty and justice and the moral fiber and the free speech and the important something else of the country.