Jeff Bezos bans Washington Post opinion writers from opposing ‘free speech and free markets’

https://www.theverge.com/news/619887/jeff-bezos-washington-post-opinion-section-limits-free-speech-markets

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deegeese@sopuli.xyz · 127 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Man who censored editorials claims to support free speech.

Arbiter@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 1y

You’re free to say anything you want so long as you don’t want to say something against the ruling class.

themeatbridge@lemmy.world · 68 pts · 1y

Irony so dense it throws off navigational equipment.

graycube@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 1y

Nothing says free speech better than banning certain topics.

Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works · 57 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Democracy dies in dumbness

diskmaster23@lemmy.one · 17 pts · 1y

Democracy and Capitalism cannot coexist equally. Capital will always win.

ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Free speech as long as you say what I want you to say.

floofloof@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 1y

"Free speech" = fascist speech. "Free markets" = monopolistic megacorporations.

Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 24 pts · 1y

wizblizz@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y

The free markets owned by the rich?

DougHolland@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y

Has the Post — or any American newspaper — ever published an editorial against "personal liberties and free markets"?

So the WAPO goes full libertarian. It's just a further enshittification of a newspaper that was once pretty good ... but that was a long, long time ago.

roofuskit@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

No-one has ever explained hypocrisy to this man.

pyu@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y

It's at least kind of notable that we seem to be losing a lot of the ones that pretended to be on our side.

1984@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

These fucking people.

reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y

"People".

cultsuperstar@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

Why has the entire staff of the WaPo not walked out? With this, it's solidifying itself as a right wing publication.

Heyting@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y

The piggies are getting scared

UncleJosh@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Why did so many of them read 1984 like a manual and not warning?

SGG@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Money.

cultsuperstar@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

"You are free to say what you want and express your opinion. Just not publicly or privately, or thinking it to yourself."

AidsKitty@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Love that pic. Say hello to the new oligarchy, same as the old oligarchy.

ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Zuckerberg looks like someone just farted in his USB regarding slot.