• @garretble
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    2081 month ago

    So the darkness won, eh?

    • andyburke
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      451 month ago

      Did it? Dropped my sub a while back as the winds clearly started to shift. We’re here reading about it. We don’t need “the news” if it’s not going to deliver the product: truth about what’s happening in the world.

      🤷‍♂️

    • @fluxion
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      241 month ago

      Yes democracy died inside Bezos asshole

    • JaggedRobotPubes
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      -31 month ago

      It never does. We’ll find or make real newspapers.

  • @apfelwoiSchoppen
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    1241 month ago

    I recall folks saying Bezos was saving this paper when he bought it. There is no such thing as a benevolent billionaire. They only protect their own.

    • @madcaesar
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      411 month ago

      🤣 Especially Bezos, he’s a pure piece of shit

    • @Clinicallydepressedpoochie
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      Yep, we made the mistake of trusting the media for too long. It’s not that they changed either. They’ve always just been as brainwashed as your next door neighbor. Now, when we look in we see them swaddling the dead baby which is American exceptionalism.

  • @[email protected]
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    1021 month ago

    willing to burn the fucking paper. what was once a top global newspaper, just for that shitstain in a diaper. fuck 'em.

  • Curious Canid
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    351 month ago

    Go forth and donate to real journalism outlets! When I cancelled my Post subscription I took that money and put it into ProPublica.org and a few similar sites. (I was already donating to NPR and PBS.) We don’t have to let the billionaires provide our news, but we do have to contribute if we want independent journalism.

  • @Serinus
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    281 month ago

    Screenshot of Washington Post subscription scheduled to end in August

    Unfortunately I paid for a year. I’ve had newspaper subs for at least a decade primarily to support real journalism. It’s not like I couldn’t find the words for free if I really wanted them. The people and the journalism is what I was paying for, not the words.

    ProPublica.org is a great suggestion.

    • @emmy67
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      141 month ago

      404 media does amazing work and could use another sub

      • @[email protected]
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        61 month ago

        Is it worth calling/emailing them to demand a refund? Especially if you were there for any specific journalists that are leaving? I think it would be very reasonable for WaPo to have to hear from its subscribers about these changes.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 month ago

          I’d just be complaining to someone who has no decision making power as they tried to enforce the requirements of their job. It’s not worth my time.

  • @ladicius
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    181 month ago

    Let the paper trumpet burn.

  • @werefreeatlast
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    Sure! The WP (short for Washington Post) is laying off people for several reasons:

    *The boss said so

    *Strawberry has 8 R’s

    *They are not important and this is the least most amount of savings possible

    *You never sign up dude.

    • @Kbobabob
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      131 month ago

      WP (short for Washington Post)

      I can’t help but laugh because it would have been easier to just write Washington Post.

    • @AngryRobot
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      41 month ago

      *Strawberry has 8 R’s

      I don’t get this reference.

  • @jaybone
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    161 month ago

    How long did Besos own this paper?

  • Flying Squid
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    111 month ago

    I’m sorry to hear that the New York Washington Post is doing this, but I guess that’s what happens when you let a guy like Jeff Bezos buy the New York Washington Post. It becomes a much worse paper.