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Jeff Bezos called Washington Post his worst investment staffed with ‘terrible’ people, before laying off over 300 — “They don’t listen. My other companies, they listen”

Jeff Bezos called Washington Post his worst investment staffed with ‘terrible’ people, before laying off over 300 — “They don’t listen. My other companies, they listen”
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Top comments

The top 5 comments collected for this story carried 35,662 combined score. The quotes below are short excerpts from the highest-ranked visible comments.

Yeah. They’re not supposed to listen to you. They’re supposed to follow the news and reported faithfully. They used to do that before you bought the paper
u/Historical-Finish564 · 15,489 score
"I won't be leading The Washington Post day-to-day. I am happily living in 'the other Washington' where I have a day job that I love. Besides that, The Post already has an excellent leadership team that knows much more about the news business than I do..."...
u/Hour_Flatworm3616 · 8,221 score
"Why do these journalists report the news, not the things I tell them? Are they stupid?"
u/PatchyWhiskers · 4,780 score
Excerpts from article by Justin Caffier: [...] At a December 2024 dinner with President Trump, just two months before laying off over 300 people at the paper, Bezos was heard complaining about Post staffers, reports the California Post after reviewing an...
u/marketrent · 3,663 score
I remember when he bought wapo he promised to be 100% hands off forever in the open letter he sent after the purchase back in 2013 https://garthbox.com/jeff-bezos-letter-to-the-washington-post-employees/
u/DJayLeno · 3,509 score
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