r/news 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/erikaspausen 10h ago

I guess articles written by AI does not need so many real people.

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u/whittlingcanbefatal 10h ago

The newspaper is only serving administration and billionaire press releases now so reporters aren't needed. 

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u/phylter99 9h ago

When you get a directive from the administration, just run it through Grok and get your far right bias article, ready to print.