The Washington Post canceled plans to run a front-and back-page advertisement that would have earned the paper $115,000 — and ran straight into fresh fury.The ad, reportedly sponsored by the watchdog group Common Cause, demanded that President Donald Trump fire Elon Musk, who is working as a special...
  • wirebeads@lemmy.caEnglish
    612·
    3 days ago

    When one oligarch tells another oligarch what they’re allowed to publish in their papers. America is more like North Korea every single day.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      821·
      2 days ago

      Since when is Common Cause an oligarch?

      This article is about Bezos acting in solidarity with Musk, not one of them trying to censor the other.

      Edit: I am genuinely mystified by the downvotes. Somebody, please explain why you’re butthurt that I’m not buying the notion of Jeff fucking Bezos being some sort of champion of the working class who was strongarmed into censoring the ad against his will.

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
          33·
          3 days ago

          Okay except this is in no way infighting between them; it’s solidarity. Why would anybody assume Musk is forcing Bezos to censor the ad against his will, when it’s much more likely that Bezos wants to refuse the ad in order to further the cause of plutocracy?

          Is this community some weird alternate universe where Bezos is a good guy standing up for the little people and not a villain oligarch in his own right?