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No thread about the bloodbath at WaPo?

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  • LuFins DadL Offline
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    https://nypost.com/2026/02/04/media/washington-post-begins-hundreds-of-newsroom-layoffs-as-jeff-bezos-ignores-reporters-pleas-report/

    Personally, I don’t really give a damn about their Climate Change reporter pool going from 14 to 2, but they have completely axed local coverage and international coverage. That’s a shame, IMO.

    The Brad

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    • HoraceH Offline
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      Have to imagine Bezos regrets the purchase. This decision implies the purchase was an economic investment rather than a cultural investment or branding investment, but I guess the real motivation here is that he regrets the branding investment and wants out of the brand.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • MikM Offline
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        He’s going to use AI to crawl over the web for stories.

        "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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          It seems like a lot of social media, the traditional newspapers have to get somewhat "outrageous" to get and keep an audience. A paper that just reports the news and provides good in depth coverage has trouble staying alive in today's world.

          And it is not just the US, it is everywhere unfortunately.

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          • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

            It seems like a lot of social media, the traditional newspapers have to get somewhat "outrageous" to get and keep an audience. A paper that just reports the news and provides good in depth coverage has trouble staying alive in today's world.

            And it is not just the US, it is everywhere unfortunately.

            LuFins DadL Offline
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            @taiwan_girl said in No thread about the bloodbath at WaPo?:

            It seems like a lot of social media, the traditional newspapers have to get somewhat "outrageous" to get and keep an audience. A paper that just reports the news and provides good in depth coverage has trouble staying alive in today's world.

            And it is not just the US, it is everywhere unfortunately.

            Neither of your descriptors applies to WaPo…

            The Brad

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              Hopefully he can invest the money he's saving into making more quality movies.

              Melania II, the sequel perhaps? Or how about doing Eric and Don's Bogus Journey?

              I was only joking

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              • MikM Mik

                He’s going to use AI to crawl over the web for stories.

                AxtremusA Offline
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                @Mik said in No thread about the bloodbath at WaPo?:

                He’s going to use AI to crawl over the web for stories.

                Here's your chance, fellow Coffee-Roomers! Post profusely, your TNCR posts just might get picked up by Bezos' crawler bots and recycled into WaPo articles!

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                  What sucks is I just recently canceled my NYT subscription figuring the WaPo subscription would keep me covered.

                  The whole reason we call them illegal aliens is because they’re subject to our laws.

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