"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.
eicker.TV #eicker #technik #medien #politik #wirtschaft (2/2)
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.
![Publicación de Jeff Bezos en X:
"I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning:
I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages.
We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.
There was a time when a newspaper, especially one that was a local monopoly, might have seen it as a service to bring to the reader’s doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all views. Today, the internet does that job.
I am of America and for America, and proud to be so. Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America’s success has been freedom in the economic realm and everywhere else. Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — and practical — it drives creativity, invention, and prosperity.
I offered David Shipley, whom I greatly admire, the opportunity to lead this new chapter. I suggested to him that if the answer wasn’t “hell yes,” then it had to be “no.” After careful consideration, David decided to step away. This is a significant shift, it won’t be easy, and it will require 100% commitment — I respect his decision. We’ll be searching for a new Opinion Editor to own this new direction.
I’m confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America. I also believe these viewpoints are unders [...]"](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/071/585/040/895/072/original/f424d9a8fa7e9bff.png)
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
“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"”
"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.
“I believe we face a very real threat of #autocracy in the candidacy of Donald #Trump,” Hoffman added in his letter to #Editorial Page Editor #DavidShipley, which was obtained by NPR. “I find it untenable & unconscionable that we have lost our voice."
Hoffman says he intends to remain at the paper, saying he "refuses to give up on The Post, where I have spent 42 years.
During their visit — which included a working lunch at #Bezos’ sprawling home on an exclusive island in Biscayne Bay & dinner at a nearby restaurant — #DavidShipley, The #WashingtonPost’s #opinion #editor, & #WillLewis, #WaPo’s chief executive & publisher, discussed plans for the future of the newspaper’s opinion section. The #election, less than 45 days away, loomed large.
More on The #WashingtonPost’s #acquiescence from NPR:
Colleagues learned the news from the #editorial page editor, #DavidShipley, at a tense meeting shortly before #WillLewis' announcement. The meeting was characterized by 2 people w/direct knowledge of discussions….
Shipley had approved an #editorial #endorsement for #KamalaHarris that was being drafted earlier this month, acc/to 3 people w/direct knowledge.
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #WaPo
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/25/nx-s1-5165353/washington-post-presidential-endorsement-trump-harris
