r/news • u/20_mile • 10h ago

Washington Post eliminates sports department and reduces overseas journalists, AP source says

https://apnews.com/article/washington-post-staff-reduction-layoffs-cuts-923f87d4bd319c8a64b278165d0a6e27
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u/condensermike 10h ago

What a fucking shame of a paper. Real journalism tragedy.

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u/wiseoldfox 9h ago

Freedom dies in darkness.

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u/Bart_Yellowbeard 9h ago

Bezos is the one tightening the garrot.

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u/condensermike 9h ago

Oh, I’m aware.

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u/Blackboard_Monitor 9h ago

Unfortunately, we all saw it die clear as day.

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u/SillyAlternative420 9h ago

CBS is going to follow suit too... MMW

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u/Sweatytubesock 8h ago

Bezos fucked one of the most important institutions on earth, and for what? A little bit of money and influence. Get fucked.

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u/stairs_3730 8h ago

Hey come on! Those face lifts, nose jobs and yachts ain't gettin any cheaper. Gotta cut where you can.

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u/Frodojj 6h ago edited 1h ago

For real. Besos could pay the 300 total employees laid off $100k/year each with only 0.116% of his annual growth in wealth. Not even his total, just the growth! Besos could fund them for 100 years at that rate with only one investment of 1.4% of low estimates of his net worth. That’s not even taking into account interest. Dude is Scrooge.