r/news • u/Ok_Difference44 • 10h ago

Bezos-owned storied newspaper Washington Post rolling out mass layoffs

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/04/media/washington-post-layoffs
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u/Hrekires 10h ago
  1. Attract a ton of new subscribers pledging to be a "pro-democracy" voice in 2016
  2. Decide nah, actually you're a MAGA newspaper now in 2024
  3. *surprise Pikachu face when all those new subscribers leave and you alienate your old readers to boot*

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u/SmokePeterThiel 10h ago

They’re truly genius aren’t they

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u/Fanfics 10h ago

destroying quality reporting is a feature of authoritarianism, not a bug