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HooptieWagon

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1. The WaPo is owned by Amazon's Jeff Bezos.

Reply to xocet (Original post)

Mon Feb 15, 2016, 06:22 PM

Feb 2016

I assume a handfull of top executives are personally hired by him, and given a directive to message his billionaire libertarian views. That's acknowledged. However, if the paper wants to retain credibility, they need to maintain policies of journalistic standards and ethics. Jonathan Capehart failed both, badly.

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The WaPo is owned by Amazon's Jeff Bezos. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #1

That's easy, no one is responsible for their credibility as they have none to be responsible for. Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #2

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