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”

[u/marketrent]

https://gizmodo.com/jeff-bezos-called-washington-post-his-worst-investment-and-staff-he-laid-off-terrible-people-2000773533

[u/kebabsoup]

It's the Republican playbook. He didn't buy the journal to make it successful. He's complaining about it and he's gutting it. The goal is to silence them and neutralize them.

[u/Lilfrankieeinstein → u/kebabsoup]

Yep.

It’s not a “bad investment” if it eliminates one of the nation’s premier news publications.

His goal is to misinform the public. He has other ways of making money.