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In reply to the discussion: Bezos Scandal: Prominent economist offered op-ed to WaPo at Amazon's suggestion. [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)44. Red herring... Your OP disproves the smears that Sanders supporters are promoting against WaPO
Discrediting the free and credible fifth estate for reporting the facts is something that Trump does, and Russia wants.
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Bezos Scandal: Prominent economist offered op-ed to WaPo at Amazon's suggestion. [View all]
crazytown
Aug 2019
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And WaPO refused the op-ed, and then got the emails and exposed the lack of transparency...
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#39
The University gave the Koch Foundation a say in the hiring and firing of professors?
crazytown
Aug 2019
#4
But...but... I thought the WAPO journos toe Bezos's line and would never upset him.
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#5
So WAPO writing an expose about Amazon being behind an OP-ED is "toeing the Bezos line?"
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#8
This thread is pathetic. You completely misunderstood and misrepresented what happened.
yardwork
Aug 2019
#18
Are you suggesting that WaPO's breaking of the story on Sander's campaign staff labor dispute
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#55
Bull. To answer it would damage your argument about "organ grinders" knowing everything
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#100
I'm not an Amazon billionaire, and I criticize Sanders (and other candidates)--
dawg day
Aug 2019
#114
Actually, Bezos isn't the subject of the article, or mentioned. How is that 'correcting' it?
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#15
So now you've veered completely away from the actual content and implications of a WaPO article
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#47
"So, what in your theory is the reason that Bezos wanted this expose written?"
crazytown
Aug 2019
#51
Nice try at evasion ... why would he allow the expose that you are linking to in your OP?
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#62
Actually, the article states that it was " a company executive" not "the company"
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#34
And now you've edited your OP again and it is NOT the same as the WaPo headline.
yardwork
Aug 2019
#20
You are calling Marty Baron a liar for saying that Bezos does not interfer in the newsroom. (nt)
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#70
Actually, you're the one doing the inventing. Your statements directly contradict what Baron says
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#97
Still incorrect: Nothing in the article about Amazon suggesting he write a "WaPO OP-ED."
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#25
So WaPo's breaking the story about Bernie's campaign staff's labor dispute doesn't have anything
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#43
Subject text is misleading: Bezos is not mentioned in the article, nor was it an "op-ed to WaPO"
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#29
So, then... why didn't WaPO print the Op-ed? And why did it expose the connection between
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#37
Red herring... Your OP disproves the smears that Sanders supporters are promoting against WaPO
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#44
Are you really calling Marty Baron a liar? What credibility do you have to imply that? (nt)
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#50
So you are calling Marty Baron a liar. Why should I believe you more than him? (nt)
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#54
I asked you how this makes you more credible than Marty Baron. That's pretty clear.
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#72
You really think Marty Baron is a scared liar? He took on the Boston Catholic Archdiocese...
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#71
Unless it's praising Senator Sanders, how could it possibly be 'real' journalism?
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#87