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fallingknife
1845 days ago
Jeff Bezos owns the 2nd largest newspaper in the country, and now a major movie studio. I would say he qualifies.
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e17
1845 days ago
How has he used that newspaper to exert political control over the US?
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scotth
1845 days ago
How easily is that question answered?
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Tepix
1845 days ago
Would you like a list of stories they decided not to run?
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peteretep
1844 days ago
…yes? I’ve seen articles openly critical of Bezos in the WashPo and ones supportive of Amazon workers unionising.
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80mph
1844 days ago
He might not have used his newspaper, but AWS was instrumental in de-platforming Parler after the Jan 6 mutiny.
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vorpalhex
1845 days ago
Johnny Depp would basically qualify under that definition.
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fallingknife
1845 days ago
According to Google his net worth is $150 million, so that is 0.1% of Bezos, and he owns 0 powerful companies to Bezos' 3. Not remotely in the same league.
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