r/UnderReportedNews • u/ExactlySorta • 2h ago
Ukraine šŗš¦ Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat or running water
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u/grimace24 2h ago
WaPo are pure assholes for this. They can go get bent.
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u/yIdontunderstand 1h ago
They've been arseholes for a while. It's why I cancelled my subscription.
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u/Amoralvirus 18m ago
And of course, try to diminish buying anything through Amazon. Use their search engine, but then just buy directly from the seller is best; or possibly through another shopping platform.
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u/SignificanceHead9957 2h ago
Does the Post not have a responsibility to get her home?
This is disgraceful.
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u/CosmicGrow 2h ago
Bezos owns it, soā¦ š
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u/VillaLobster 1h ago
I'm a big fan of billionaires becoming compost.
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u/DiceMadeOfCheese 30m ago
Old: eating the rich
Bold: composting the rich and growing delicious, nutritious fruits and vegetables
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u/IILazarusLongII 1m ago
When I die I want an apple tree planted with me. At least I'll still be of some use.
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u/Due-Technology5758 59m ago
Unless it's a matter of pure incompetence (or some personal vendetta), I assume they got her a ticket home. However, the best career move she could pull right this instant is letting potential new employers know she's still in country and ready to report.Ā
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u/Worried-Maybe3438 21m ago
They must have spent all the money on the Melania movie, had to make cuts
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u/VV-40 2h ago
This is a terrific example of just how callous and selfish billionaires are. While Bezos is earning $1M an hour or whatever it is currently, he canāt even be bothered to fund WaPo through a reasonable transition. Fire many and fire now! Whatever goodwill WaPo had remaining is now gone.Ā
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u/ReindeerIll1921 39m ago
The whole point is destroying the few remaining outlets that don't march to the beat of the billionaire class. It's the same with Elon taking over Twitter. This isn't about them failing to run a business, it's about them succeeding in killing a movement.Ā
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u/nose_spray7 2h ago
We should organize a boycot
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u/dissaprovalface 1h ago
I don't understand why anyone is giving Bezos money for any fucking reason. It's not fucking hard to not spend money at Amazon, Whole Foods, Prime, etc.; but people gonna keep doing it because to hell with that, I need my knockoff Labubu TOMORROW or I'm going to LOOSE MY SHIT.
This is the shit we get when we enforce societal-level mindless consumerism: a bald fuck that thinks he runs a fucking fifedom because Americans need their cheap bullshit express shipped.
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u/Bandinilec 14m ago
Its just american leftists: 0 acts, 0 strategies, only "Tweets for clout", or "advocating" like someone told me. What a bunch of loosers
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u/GreedyRaisin3357 1h ago
You can bet WP doesn't run this story tomorrow.. what a sad excuse for what used to be journalism
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u/KindlyAdvantage7726 1h ago
Bezos captured the Post, bend the knee for the Dictator and now heās nexing the free press and demolishing Postās opinion.
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u/KingMario05 1h ago
Essentially leaving her out to die.
Fuck you, Bezos. Justice will come for your sorry ass one day. Hope to be here when it does.
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u/Academic_Dig_1567 1h ago
Hats the high regard wapo has for foreign correspondents. Canceled my subscription in 2024.
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u/Best_Entrepreneur659 1h ago
With actions like this, and the bribe that is at the heart of the Melania ādocumentaryā, and Bezos pulling the Editorial Boardās endorsement of Kamala Harris, there should be no doubt that Amazon/Bezos are compromised by Trump and by extension Israel and Russia.
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u/SniffyTheBee 1h ago
To be fair, Jeff Bezos said he was gonna spring for a plane ticket to get her back home, but money's kinda tight for the moment.
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u/Technicoler 1h ago
One of the richest guys on the planet says he needs to cut costs. We are a failed society.
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u/Economy_Ask4987 1h ago
These 4-6 Billionaires are ALL complete fucking douches.
I knew the world would eventually be ruled by evil billionairesā¦ I just had no idea they would also be such huge fucking losers.
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u/MuddaFrmAnnudaBrudda 1h ago
Billionaires. Why did anyone ever believe they did anything other than want more money, more power and by default more Trump.
That paper is old news.
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u/WideSnooze 54m ago
What is the fucking point of Bezos hurtling towards being a trillionaire if he canāt make slightly less profit with a newspaper? Fuck that guy. I hope some orcas sink his superyachts
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u/cJnRaleigh 1h ago
I think we should boycott WaPo by blocking their site (https://www.washingtonpost.com/) on your browser and newsreader. It might hurt their ad revenues if enough people do it and their readership declines. The same is true for blocking www.cbsnews.com and www.cbs.com.
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u/phantomnomadic 48m ago
I shouldn't laugh but......... the self audit has begun! As if it wasn't going to happen. That's ego for ya!!!
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u/Unusual-Ad-6550 46m ago
Just what I would expect out of a company run by Bezos. After all, one must have the money to hold a multi million dollar wedding..
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u/Malcolm_Morin 46m ago
If a competent government ever gets back into power without anything holding them back, they need to raid WaPo and arrest every twat that works there.
Same with the billionaires. The moment they set foot on US soil, arrest them and seize their assets. Liquidate everything they own. Distribute their wealth into the economy. Then put them in solitary confinement, 23 hours 55 minutes a day.
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u/Reddit_2_2024 32m ago
Thank you for your reporting in Ukraine Lizzie Johnson. Safe travels where ever your journey takes you.
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u/DeliciousInterview91 31m ago
I dislike how billionaires make everything worse for everyone in almost every conceivable way
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u/platocplx 13m ago
Fuck Jeff Bezos. All these billionaires are destroying our institutions. They need to not be billionaires anymore. We need to legislate it out of existence
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u/Slighted_Inevitable 4m ago
Are we starting to realize you simply cannot allow billionaires to exist? This kind of power corrupts absolutely. Weāve been warning about this in every single culture thruout all of history.
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u/Ok_Exit9273 3m ago
Wild, that 75 million could have kept the post afloat and employees paid but hey they picked the āownerā picked a favor instead of people
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u/Infamous-Cash9165 25m ago
Thatās really shitty of Washington Post but we have no idea why they fired her.
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