Dear Jeff: You're probably going to have to sell your paper, or kill it. Otherwise, it will take some doing to attract a readership that seeks something other than status or in-group affiliation.
I made a rare visit to Facebook yesterday (to let people know about a new blog post) and made the mistake of reading the first couple of items. One was from a scientist whose work I respect. He was blaring out to his people that he had cancelled his WaPo subscriptions. How stupid, I thought. What for? It's not going to hurt Bezos. It may well hurt the loathsome reporters and staff at the paper who share his distorted views. I wonder if he also supports political endorsements from Nature and Science -- another two publications that have lost much credibility.
I can't help but feel a little Schadenfreude here, especially as unsubscribing or quitting amounts to cutting off one's nose to spite one's face. It just goes to show you the extent of the meltdown. I don't things will quiet down after election day, either, as more people will flail about and become more and more desperate. Like throwing soup on a Van Gogh, this is not likely to do anyone any good.
Bezos can fly a new flag on his battleship the SS Washington Post, but I will be shocked if he modifies its ideological direction one degree. If Trump wins I suspect the campaign to bring Trump down will start the next day, confirming that speculation. At the very least the WP will begin preparing the DNC battlespace for 2028. The paper belongs to the Blob, not Bezos.
Same with all this "Nazi" talk. They know they're probably going to lose at this point so they're preparing histrionics in advance of their comeuppance.
Was this an actual interview or did you invent both sides of the discussion. It sounds real but, then, good fiction must sound real. There is a limit to one's suspension of belief.
I made a rare visit to Facebook yesterday (to let people know about a new blog post) and made the mistake of reading the first couple of items. One was from a scientist whose work I respect. He was blaring out to his people that he had cancelled his WaPo subscriptions. How stupid, I thought. What for? It's not going to hurt Bezos. It may well hurt the loathsome reporters and staff at the paper who share his distorted views. I wonder if he also supports political endorsements from Nature and Science -- another two publications that have lost much credibility.
I can't help but feel a little Schadenfreude here, especially as unsubscribing or quitting amounts to cutting off one's nose to spite one's face. It just goes to show you the extent of the meltdown. I don't things will quiet down after election day, either, as more people will flail about and become more and more desperate. Like throwing soup on a Van Gogh, this is not likely to do anyone any good.
Bezos can fly a new flag on his battleship the SS Washington Post, but I will be shocked if he modifies its ideological direction one degree. If Trump wins I suspect the campaign to bring Trump down will start the next day, confirming that speculation. At the very least the WP will begin preparing the DNC battlespace for 2028. The paper belongs to the Blob, not Bezos.
^^^^^^^^ All day long.
Same with all this "Nazi" talk. They know they're probably going to lose at this point so they're preparing histrionics in advance of their comeuppance.
Was this an actual interview or did you invent both sides of the discussion. It sounds real but, then, good fiction must sound real. There is a limit to one's suspension of belief.
Bezos's words are from his recent WaPo oped. I just made an interstitial response. (I'll make that clearer.)