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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Given that Bezos owns the Washington Post, it's somewhat disingenuous to point to someone else owning both media and publishing resources.
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Bezos is pointedly not involved in WP editorial.
He expressly told the staff to attack Amazon if that is their inclination.
http://www.cjr.org/cover_story/washi...s.php?page=all
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He encouraged them to cover both Amazon and himself aggressively, explaining that he was comfortable simultaneously running a secretive company and owning a newspaper, because he believed that “powerful minds can contain powerful inconsistencies.” He said the Post’s customers should be readers, not advertisers...
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Amazon has "ceded" the media campaign to Hachette because:
1- They are under NDA and their staff isn't about to violate it over what is to Amazon a minor negotiation.
2- Because nothing Amazon could say would sway the media camp. That is how bias works, after all.