We are in sad and tumultuous times indeed. I unsubscribed from the Post a couple weeks ago, after 40-plus years of reading it. The Bezofication finally got to be too much. Ruth will be fine; the remaining readers of the Post will be the ones suffering from her loss.
I left them behind over the endorsement issue, hoping that I was overreacting, but nothing since has caused me to second-guess myself. Democracy dies indeed.
“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Thomas Jefferson
"And I wish you both the best as you steer this storied and critical institution through troubled times."
It should have read:
I hope you will both be hit by a speeding bus and will spend the rest of your lives severely disabled and living in a sub-par, roach infested assisted living facility, whose funding has been revoked by the trump administration for capitulating and destroying a storied and critical instruction.
Blunt? The letter is cordial. There is no mention of butt-kissing. There is no prediction that Bezos will kill the Post. There is no mention of the horse Bezos rode in on.
David Ignatius opened his chat today by saying he will stay as long as he can write what he wants. I guess he’ll soon suffer the same fate as Ruth Marcus.
Jeff Bezos stood on the podium with Dear Leader, and now is doing what Dear Leader does: replacing experts with loyalists, as Gene put it. The letters from Bezos and Will explicitly directed that. It is a time for craven, obsequious sycophants, and the experts can transform, or leave.
I have a dream -- unrealistic, but I think you'll like it. Bozo continues to tear away at the Post's soul, and subscribers dwindle to very few, which means advertisers all leave. Bozo notices he's not making any money from it, so he puts it up for sale. All the current and former staffers of integrity pool their pennies and buy it for cheap. And restore it to its former glory!
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"I wish you both the best..." Well, I do not wish them both the best. I wish them both open sores and pestilence.
As do I. Marcus is a class act. She’s taking the high road and I do wish HER the best!
Only the best open sores, and best pestilence.
We are in sad and tumultuous times indeed. I unsubscribed from the Post a couple weeks ago, after 40-plus years of reading it. The Bezofication finally got to be too much. Ruth will be fine; the remaining readers of the Post will be the ones suffering from her loss.
The Washington Post's new slogan: "We Are the Darkness".
Appalling. Democracy dies in the Amazon reign forest.
I left them behind over the endorsement issue, hoping that I was overreacting, but nothing since has caused me to second-guess myself. Democracy dies indeed.
“Every time a newspaper dies, even a bad one, the country moves a little closer to authoritarianism…”
--- Richard Kluger
“Most of us probably feel we couldn’t be free without newspapers, and that is the real reason we want newspapers to be free.”
--- Edward R. Murrow
“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Thomas Jefferson
I can only disagree with her last sentence:
"And I wish you both the best as you steer this storied and critical institution through troubled times."
It should have read:
I hope you will both be hit by a speeding bus and will spend the rest of your lives severely disabled and living in a sub-par, roach infested assisted living facility, whose funding has been revoked by the trump administration for capitulating and destroying a storied and critical instruction.
You're too kind, Trevor. You want them to live.
I kinda wanna see the bastards suffer, too.
Ruth Marcus is extraordinarily diplomatic, and has class and grace.
Blunt? The letter is cordial. There is no mention of butt-kissing. There is no prediction that Bezos will kill the Post. There is no mention of the horse Bezos rode in on.
David Ignatius opened his chat today by saying he will stay as long as he can write what he wants. I guess he’ll soon suffer the same fate as Ruth Marcus.
Pravda has opened a D.C. branch, I see. Disgusting. Bezos should be run out of town on a rail.
Jeff Bezos stood on the podium with Dear Leader, and now is doing what Dear Leader does: replacing experts with loyalists, as Gene put it. The letters from Bezos and Will explicitly directed that. It is a time for craven, obsequious sycophants, and the experts can transform, or leave.
Huge loss. Best of luck to Ruth - she will be missed.
I have a dream -- unrealistic, but I think you'll like it. Bozo continues to tear away at the Post's soul, and subscribers dwindle to very few, which means advertisers all leave. Bozo notices he's not making any money from it, so he puts it up for sale. All the current and former staffers of integrity pool their pennies and buy it for cheap. And restore it to its former glory!
Oh boy. This is not great