Having been to “news deserts” in Pocatello ID and Minot ND, … the printed word is dead.
But what passes for newspapers are national propaganda pieces and a smattering of “Joe saw a moose!” And “local boy earns merit badge”
There is a decided lack of diversity of thought and narrow mindedness expands (oxymoron?)… I guess I will continue to let Fox News and CNN and other “opinionists” tell me about vax facts and whether contrails are making me sterile…. And the local news is sports only now.
I wonder what motivated him to buy it in the first place. It seems paradoxical to his character in general. He was pretty hands off until this last election.
Great work, Rick! While I feel sad about WaPo's decline, this is the first analysis I have read this week that talks about its crisis from a logical, business-centered, capitalist perspective. No question they made missteps, but people who wish for Bezos to be a permanent sugar daddy for WaPo should think about unintended consequences.
I just think he is in the wrong business an he should have stayed were he belongs. Amazon is not a newspaper business and, the Washington Post is not a retailer.I just wish we could get a few billionaires to go back to the business they started with an forget about political issues.
Having been to “news deserts” in Pocatello ID and Minot ND, … the printed word is dead.
But what passes for newspapers are national propaganda pieces and a smattering of “Joe saw a moose!” And “local boy earns merit badge”
There is a decided lack of diversity of thought and narrow mindedness expands (oxymoron?)… I guess I will continue to let Fox News and CNN and other “opinionists” tell me about vax facts and whether contrails are making me sterile…. And the local news is sports only now.
I wonder what motivated him to buy it in the first place. It seems paradoxical to his character in general. He was pretty hands off until this last election.
Great work, Rick! While I feel sad about WaPo's decline, this is the first analysis I have read this week that talks about its crisis from a logical, business-centered, capitalist perspective. No question they made missteps, but people who wish for Bezos to be a permanent sugar daddy for WaPo should think about unintended consequences.
I just think he is in the wrong business an he should have stayed were he belongs. Amazon is not a newspaper business and, the Washington Post is not a retailer.I just wish we could get a few billionaires to go back to the business they started with an forget about political issues.