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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.
That is termination, not resignation.
Fucking scumbag.
Freedom is ethical — it minimizes coercion — and practical — it drives creativity, invention, and prosperity.
this is a very interesting sentence to find in a post that outlines the ways in which the opinion page will be losing some of its editorial freedom.
It's also gotta be one of the worst sentences I've ever read, yikes. Maybe get an editor to look it over.
Billionaire meddling turns a respected paper into a megaphone for personal agendas.
😼😼
He's basically making the exact same argument as Faux News did, 30 years or more after anyone reasonable realized that they were blatantly lying.
what's "stunning" about the statement?
All I saw was:
Bezos accepted resignation
Bezos constructed resignation, which is legally termination, not resignation at all.
We recently got rid of our subscriptions and canceled Prime. Wish we had done it much sooner, but better late than never.
Most decent manufacturers have their own website and fast shipping. I had to leave Amazon just for the fake and damaged merchandise alone.
I've already set up subscriptions with several manufacturers directly through their sites vs ordering through Amazon. Same or better prices, too.
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.
Just dragging this newspaper into the right wing muck at full speed now
I’m confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America. I also believe these viewpoints are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion. I’m excited for us together to fill that void.
"Market of ideas" but you're only allowed to say what I like
I find it important that he writes, that freedom of individuals and markets is important because it is without coercion.
To then go on and write that he tried to coerce his editor to accept the change with a "hell yes" or basically resign. This is coercion. Doesn't he see this? Is the irony lost on him?
I’m confident that free markets and personal liberties are right for America. I also believe these viewpoints are underserved in the current market of ideas and news opinion.
He doesn't give a fuck about whether his statements reflect reality at all, he only cares that his statements push reality towards being like how he thinks it ought to be, with him in charge and us under his thumb
"Democracy dies in darkness"
Honestly, the whole paper should just be entirely blacked out.