Nowhere is this discrepancy more apparent than at the Washington Post, a newspaper famed for opposing a prior Republican president with an expansive view of executive power. These days, however, even as Post reporters like Jeff Stein are busy breaking stories (e.g., 1/28/25, 2/8/25) about the Trump power grab, the paper’s higher-ups are careful not to offend the president or Musk. The Post is even, incredibly, calling on the Constitution-defying billionaire duo to push further.
So who’s surprised…
WaPo is owned by Bezos.
Bezos is part of the broligarch clique.
The broligarchs use MAGA to enrich their already ultrarich asses.
Ergo, WaPo is now MAGA’s mouthpiece.
Me, I don’t even bother posting any story from WaPo. They’re compromised as far as I’m concerned.
I really hope that if we ever get a Democrat back in the White House, press credentials of WaPo and anyone who bent a knee to Trump are revoked.
One of the things that Obama did that was absolutely fantastic was give bloggers and small YouTube influencers opportunities to interview him. We need more small-town, independently owned media to cover politics.
The one thing democrats should never do is act like Trump. Spite and revenge are not healthy political attitudes.
No person deserves a seat at the very table that they are trying to destroy.
If that is considered an “unhealthy political attitude”, then I don’t want to be healthy.
The press has always been biased. Bezos just reversed the WaPo’s bias.
All press is biased. If you deny one press outfit access to the White House, you need to deny them all or none at all. Otherwise, you’re partial, you favor your guys and you’re no better than Trump.