Never will I not be not astounded by this kind of reasoning. What the hell are you implying here? Others do it all the time so it's nothing special, or rather it's even okay or fine because others do it. Great. What an argument. Most basic whataboutism ever.
I took the same comment on a different way. To me they're referring to the fact that there are many other media outlets. Not only the big ones that do the same. But the smaller, "independent", that deserve more readers.
granted, they may also have interests or agendas. They point is we need decentralization!
Independent journalism that delves into both/all sides and does not rely on soundbites and extracting things out of context and has no agenda but the truth Like during Covid they would allow vigorous debate about efficacy, lockdowns, deplatforming, etc.
It's a dream but would not last. All sides would attack it for being for whoever the boogeyman they think is.
The first thing he said was “The paper’s duty will remain to its readers and not to the private interests of its owners.”
We, the readers, should require an apology from Bezos for breaking his promise to keep this separate from his other concerns.
Until that happens, one must assume that WaPo is permanently compromised in the favor of Bezos’s interests.
It’s not about Kamala, it’s about literally everything.