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Jeff Bezos owned Washington Post is not an unbiased indepedent arbiter of truth. (Original Post) Bread and Circus Apr 2016 OP
It's incredible how much that newspaper goes after Bernie. n/t Herman4747 Apr 2016 #1
Are we talking about the same paper that lie and promoted Bush's war in Iraq awake Apr 2016 #2
Not the same paper. Fuddnik Apr 2016 #3
Wow they want to be as bad as the Washinton Times I guess awake Apr 2016 #6
must have said something bad about Bernie bigtree Apr 2016 #4
The WashMachine Post......Jeff Bezos, a HilLIARy Clinton supporter.. Segami Apr 2016 #5
Between the Capehart episode, the 16 negative stories in 16 hours on Bernie BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #7
Is there a news outlet that you DO consider an "unbiased indepedent arbiter of truth"? brooklynite Apr 2016 #8
Mainstream media? Can't think of one, can you? Bread and Circus Apr 2016 #11
Media (commercial or otherwise) has never been entirely unbiased... brooklynite Apr 2016 #17
Neither is Mort Zuckerman and the NYDN. kristopher Apr 2016 #9
It fits their narrative. Hence why i like indy reporting. hereforthevoting Apr 2016 #10
...which can be just as biased. brooklynite Apr 2016 #18
Bernie does not like being fact checked Gothmog Apr 2016 #12
This is really a Strawman ... Trajan Apr 2016 #13
LoL Hillary herself cites it as an unbiased 3rd party fact checker. Bread and Circus Apr 2016 #15
Hillary is a liar Trajan Apr 2016 #16
You think a guy that run warehouse sweatshops would give a damn about Skwmom Apr 2016 #14

bigtree

(85,996 posts)
4. must have said something bad about Bernie
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 09:21 AM
Apr 2016

...they'll be championed here soon enough by the same critics when their opinion or reporting favors Sanders.


 

Segami

(14,923 posts)
5. The WashMachine Post......Jeff Bezos, a HilLIARy Clinton supporter..
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 09:23 AM
Apr 2016


Fish wrapper......and toss in Jonathan Capehart while you're at it.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
7. Between the Capehart episode, the 16 negative stories in 16 hours on Bernie
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 09:32 AM
Apr 2016

and the "3 Pinocchio fact check" the other day on Hillary taking money from the fossil fuel industry, they have made it clear they are part of Hillary's campaign.

This is what journalism has become in the era of corporate media. The great newspapers are gone. The Clintons would have never survived as politicians alongside the fundraising cesspool called The Clinton Foundation if the Washington Post and New York Times were what they were 40 years ago.

brooklynite

(94,547 posts)
17. Media (commercial or otherwise) has never been entirely unbiased...
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 10:16 AM
Apr 2016

...but I'm not complaining about news outlets like the NYT and the WP being broadly biased simply because they don't support my candidates as effusively as I'd like them to.

 

Trajan

(19,089 posts)
13. This is really a Strawman ...
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 09:56 AM
Apr 2016

I don't know of ANYBODY in DU who proclaimed the Washington Post is the 'unbiased indepedent arbiter of truth.'

Skwmom

(12,685 posts)
14. You think a guy that run warehouse sweatshops would give a damn about
Fri Apr 8, 2016, 10:00 AM
Apr 2016

integrity and truth. All he gives a damn about is hiding the truth.


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