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Bernie Sanders attacks Washinton Post, Bezos and Amazon just like Donald Trump does

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BDS said:
No, we live in a time in which Trump supporters are engaged in direct violence towards their political opponents, of which the press is one. I am not concerned about the possibility of a Sanders supporter or leftist taking military-grade firearms to the Washington Post and shooting people, because nobody on the left is encouraging violence towards the press, so this is extremely unlikely as a result of Sanders' legitimate criticisms.
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Seriously we police our own.
 

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OtherWorldly said:
OP added the second tweet for clarity, the main tweet or OP intent hasnt been edited. some people jumped and assumed he is only attacking bezos and amazon when his actual attack was on WAPO by using Bezos and Amazon as a lever to say the owner of AMAZON has a news paper named WAPO which is writing bad articles about me
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Why are you speaking in third person, op? Forgot to switch accounts?
 
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lol at thinking that non tax paying billionaire has no influence in the paper that he bought which happens to be one of the biggest in the states, I'm sure he bought it to defend democracy right op?
 
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I'm curiouse of WaPo has ever run a negative story about Bezos divorce or the bad things Amazon is doing to the enivornment. I'm sure there's proof somewhere
 

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OtherWorldly said:
OP added the second tweet for clarity, the main tweet or OP intent hasnt been edited. some people jumped and assumed he is only attacking bezos and amazon when his actual attack was on WAPO by using Bezos and Amazon as a lever to say the owner of AMAZON has a news paper named WAPO which is writing bad articles about me
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Nice job speaking in the third person. You know who else loves talking about himself in the third person on social media?
 

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People wanna look over shit like this and pretend that WaPo is some kinda neutral news media that doesn't listen to their boss but lemme ask y'all this, how many negative articles have y'all heard about bezos or amazon written by WaPo?
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There's a certain type of people that appears on the Opinion pages of WAPO and NYT.

It should be evident to everyone that they lean towards capitalism and preserving the current order.

They all lean pro-war, Pro-Israel, and Pro-Capitalism.



The trick is that Bezo's doesn't have to dictate editorial content. The people in charge knows better. They hire people with the same mindset, opinions and culture.

Recall the 2016 WAPO coverage.
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iamdelirium

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sadly, the WP does have a history of questionable content wrt him, as has been linked in this thread. Thinking thats due to bezos mandates is somewhat absurd, but that the newspaper has indeed gone to ridiculous lengths to generate attack articles against the man is true.
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People say this all the time with their favorite candidate. It's confirmation bias at it's best.
 

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"Bezos has zero influence over what the WaPo does"

And I'm sure the NRA has zero influence over the candidates they lobby too right? Good lord.
 
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Op attempts to twist perspective with absolute no context/ reading comprehension just like trump does.
 

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A lot of people are misunderstanding, perhaps willfully, the OP. The OP was criticizing a specific criticism of the three entities, OP never mentioned Sanders' criticisms of Amazon for abuse of workers.
 
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OtherWorldly said:
OP added the second tweet for clarity, the main tweet or OP intent hasnt been edited. some people jumped and assumed he is only attacking bezos and amazon when his actual attack was on WAPO by using Bezos and Amazon as a lever to say the owner of AMAZON has a news paper named WAPO which is writing bad articles about me
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There's nothing not factual about what he said. Bernie put forward legislation called Stop BEZOS, and WAPO posts consecutive OpEds against Bernie every time there's a debate. OpEds have nothing to do with journalism.
 
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OtherWorldly said:
OP added the second tweet for clarity, the main tweet or OP intent hasnt been edited. some people jumped and assumed he is only attacking bezos and amazon when his actual attack was on WAPO by using Bezos and Amazon as a lever to say the owner of AMAZON has a news paper named WAPO which is writing bad articles about me
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But...aren't you the OP?

What's going on in this thread?!
 
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And it would make sense if that was the stance Bernie is actually taking.

He's attacking WAPO because...they criticized him and they're owned by Bezos.

This is absolutely Trumpian.
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I can agree that he phrased it in a similar manner, but I also think that they attack him for a different reason than they attack Trump as well.
 
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its on


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday took aim at The Washington Post at two separate town hall meetings, accusing the newspaper of being biased against his campaign due to his criticism of Amazon's labor practices and tax record.

Sanders, who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, did not cite any evidence for his claims.

Amazon raised its minimum wage to $15 an hour last year after Sanders and others called on the company to pay its workers a living wage. The senator has also argued that Amazon should pay more federal income tax, after the Wall Street Journal reported in June that it's unclear whether the online retailer paid taxes last year.

The Post is owned by Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon, and operates independently of Amazon.
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"See, I talk about that all of the time," Sanders replied. "And then I wonder why The Washington Post — which is owned by Jeff Bezos, who owns Amazon — doesn't write particularly good articles about me. I don't know why. But I guess maybe there's a connection. Maybe we helped raise the minimum wage at Amazon to 15 bucks an hour as well."

Sanders repeated the claim later Monday night at a town hall in North Conway, N.H.

Martin Baron, The Post's executive editor, said in a statement that Bezos does not interfere with or influence the newspaper's coverage.

"Sen. Sanders is a member of a large club of politicians — of every ideology — who complain about their coverage," Baron said. "Contrary to the conspiracy theory the senator seems to favor, Jeff Bezos allows our newsroom to operate with full independence, as our reporters and editors can attest."
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jviggy43 said:
"Bezos has zero influence over what the WaPo does"

And I'm sure the NRA has zero influence over the candidates they lobby too right? Good lord.
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Try googling Amazon and WaPo. For me not a single negative article about working conditions shows up. Not a single one. Maybe it's different for others.
 

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Wamb0wneD said:
Try googling Amazon and WaPo. For me not a single negative article about working conditions shows up. Not a single one. Maybe it's different for others.
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I got two as the first two results, both from 2019. Are you using a keyword other than Amazon and WaPo?
 

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efr said:
OP also means original post fyi. The reply he is responding to sort of makes sense with it
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I know, but the way he wrote says otherwise. Something like "I edited the OP, and it said...." They way it's written is just.. suspicious
 
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Blader said:
Was the OP edited after the fact or something? Because the replies in this thread are quite bizarre. The tweet in the OP has Bernie pretty plainly suggesting that WaPo never writes good articles about him because of his criticisms of Jeff Bezos, and a lot of people in this thread are acting like he actually said nothing like that at all? What am I missing?
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People rightful hate Bezos and Amazon. But are
iamdelirium said:
People say this all the time with their favorite candidate. It's confirmation bias at it's best.
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Yep.
 
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This thread doesn't seem to be generating productive discussion, so it's locked.
 
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