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Comment by edw519 | Hacker News Reader

Tech billionaire checklist:

  - security detail
  - private jet
  - yacht
  - professional sports franchise
  - foundation
  - once respected media outlet as personal mouthpiece

Once again, Jeff Bezos leads the way.

(Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, parent company of Zappos, owns the Washington Post.)

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I was most surprised that they don't include disclosure of this relationship when mentioning Amazon in the article. I thought that was comme-il-faut of serious journalism.

I see this at the end now:

Note: Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos also owns the Washington Post

With no mention of the article being edited. Terrible.

They should have a disclaimer, but it's not exactly an ad for shoes at Zappos. As a customer I'd be worried by the instability such a big unproven change could bring to deliveries and customer support. It's a pretty fair and interesting article, but that's just my take.

I think its more akin to a PR piece about the company.

'once respected media outlet as personal mouthpiece'

That should be given more focus IMO

When did the Washington Post stop being respected? And by whose judgement?

Jeff Bezos also needs a psychiatrist and a lobotomy.

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