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I just do not understand this worldview that the billionaires are supposed to have protected journalism, let alone served as an important bulwark against fascism. It was already game over if that's the case.
It looked a fuckload better when the alternative was venture capital. I wrote a post praising Bezos at the time, which didn't age well.
WaPo could certainly have done worse. It's not unreasonable to expect that a billionaire might look after a newspaper like a rare classic car or other vanity purchase, that he would be content to keep it running nicely even if it's ostensibly a poor investment.
A poor investment would be an improvement.
Called it.