"Se a liberdade significa alguma coisa, será sobretudo o direito de dizer às pessoas o que elas não querem ouvir."
– #GeorgeOrwell
"Se me fosse dado decidir se deveríamos ter um governo sem jornais ou jornais sem um governo, eu não hesitaria um momento em preferir o último."
– #ThomasJefferson
https://expresso.pt/newsletters/conversas-ao-ouvido/2025-02-27-o-bezos-da-questao-461c5e22
#liberdadedeimprensa
#davidShipley
#jeffbezos
#washintonpost
🚨 Der bisherige #Meinungschef #DavidShipley verlässt die Zeitung, ein Nachfolger soll bald bekannt gegeben werden.
📉 #JeffBezos hatte bereits vor der Wahl 2024 in die #Berichterstattung eingegriffen und eine #Wahlempfehlung für #KamalaHarris verhindert – mutmaßlich, um keinen Konflikt mit #DonaldTrump zu riskieren.
🤔 #Kritiker sehen in der neuen Richtlinie eine Einschränkung der journalistischen #Unabhängigkeit.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/26/jeff-bezos-washington-post-opinion
#WaPo Opinion Editor #DavidShipley resigned and recently #Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist #AnnTelnaes has also resigned, where she has worked since 2008. (https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post)
But see the irony, who is telling us that, #TheGuardian who fired their cartoonist after 42 years of working together...
https://mastodon.social/@shuvashish76/111276751583314531
Bezos decide que se acabaron los diferentes puntos de vista en las páginas de opinión del 'Washington Post', que para eso es suyo. A partir de ahora, solo artículos que defiendan [redoble de tambor] "libertades personales" y "mercados libres". David Shipley, el responsable de la sección, ha dimitido, claro.
Miljardair, Amazon-baas Jeff Bezos beveelt zijn krant, The Washington Post alleen nog positief te schrijven over "de vrije markt".
Chef Opinie neemt ontslag.
#Persvrijheid #ThePost #WAPO #Bezos #DavidShipley #Amazon #Musk #Trump #RIPWaPo
Miljardair en eigenaar van dagblad de Washington Post heeft een wijziging van beleid rond opinies afgekondigd. Niet langer moet het opiniekatern proberen alle zienswijzen een plek te geven.
“I will always be thankful for the opportunity I was given to work alongside a team of opinion #journalists whose commitment to strong, innovative, reported commentary inspired me every day,” #DavidShipley wrote.
#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #UnitedStates #press #journalism #billionaires #plutocracy #broligarchy #ViewPointDiscrimination #propaganda #censorship #FreePress #democracy #DemocracyDiesInDarkness
“Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — & practical; it drives creativity, invention & prosperity,” #JeffBezos added.
In his note, Bezos said that he asked #DavidShipley whether he wanted to stay at the #WashingtonPost, & #Shipley declined.
“I suggested to him that if the answer wasn’t ‘hell yes,’ then it had to be ‘no,’ #Bezos wrote.
In a note to opinion staff members, Shipley said that he decided to step down “after reflection on how I can best move forward in the profession I love.”
#WashingtonPost’s opinion editor, #DavidShipley, is exiting as #JeffBezos said the section’s focus would narrow to defend “personal liberties & free markets.”
“I am of America & for America, & proud to be so,” #Bezos said, in an email to employees. “Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America’s success has been freedom in the economic realm & everywhere else.
#UnitedStates #press #journalism #billionaires #plutocracy #DemocracyDiesInDarkness
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/business/media/washington-post-bezos-shipley.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=1D739953-0243-48C1-80CB-C35DF757C8FA
#WashingtonPost's #Opinion #Editor #DavidShipley #Blames #Billionaire #JeffBezos for #Endorsement #Drama, Tells #Staff They Can #Quit as Distraught #Journalists #Slam #Bezos for '#ConflictofInterest' and for 'Putting His Thumb on the Scale'
“Jeff Bezos was destroying the #newspaper’s #reputation as an "#independent #journalistic #organization"”
The Washington Post’s opinion editor privately blamed owner Jeff Bezos for barring the paper’s editorial board from publishing an endorsement of Kamala Harris, likening the decision to a "bomb" that "went off and now we are picking up the pieces," according to an audio recording of a tense and angry Monday editorial meeting. The recording was obtained and reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.
"A draft of The Post editorial board’s planned endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate, had been written but was closely held by opinion editor David Shipley..."
That's from a #WaPo article about Jeff Bezos's decision not to endorse. I won't link to it because fuck Jeff Bezos.
Maybe #DavidShipley should #releasethedraft.
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