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At a time when the always newsworthy Donald Trump is headed back to the White House, the venerable Washington Post should be gearing up to cover his second term but instead is being subjected to an exodus of top reporters and internal strife, reports the Wall Street Journal's Alexandra Bruell.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago

A loss of 100 million is significant to most, but not bezos.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

What's stopping all of these journalists that are leaving in protest from starting a journalism cooperative and splitting their work amongst themselves and taking votes on what should and should not be included in the news?

[–] ChairmanMeow 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

How were The Onion writers able to buy their publication back? Was it just dirt cheap?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Divide and conquer. By destroying large journalistic institutions, or converting them into voice boxes for nationalistic propaganda and policiy, the criticism of large corporate and governmental institutions becomes diluted and harder to find. The eventual plan is probably to use the dissolution of net neutrality to heavily limit access to dissenting voices from independent journalists and/or just people making dissenting content, effectively shadow banning anyone who poses a threat to the state and corporate power, while also preventing potential future rival voices and political parties from gaining a foothold in the minds of the populace at large.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

We're going need a army of Lugi's. When do we get started. Revolution is needed instead we are rolling fast into a nightmare version of 1984.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Net Neutrality has nothing to do with viewpoint. It refers to IP source and destination; e.g. AT&T can’t cap Netflix but let their affiliate Max through.

Just jumbling up a bunch of words you heard, that’s solid reasoning!

[–] the_frumious_bandersnatch 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Replace "Netflix" and "Max" with "Substack" and 'Washington Post" and what you wrote absolutely applies to viewpoint.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ryan grim and the intercept's co founder just started something, "Drop site" IIRC.

Also, I think "Semafor" might be a sort of gathering place forming for folks wanting a better way. https://www.semafor.com/article/10/18/2022/what-is-a-semaform-anyway-and-why-should-you-care

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I had no idea this was already in motion, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Wish bezos would choke on a fat dick

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Glad to hear it. Let's hope the trend continues.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Why though? They're all friends.