Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos defended his decision to regulate the newspaper’s opinion site, insisting there is nothing “fascist” to defend for “personal freedoms and free markets”.
The founder of billionaire Amazon faced fierce reactions during the announcement of last week that Breckway Broadsheet pages will better reflect American values such as “free markets and personal freedoms” – an action that led to the resignation of editorial editor David Shipley.
One user x wrote: “So you are going fascist very Jeff? Bend the knee, “Referring to Bezo’s efforts to convenience up to President Trump.
Bezos replied on Sunday: “There is nothing fascist for personal freedoms and free markets.”
Bezos also responded to an X user who wrote that the e -commerce company he established was the beneficiary of tax deduction and government subsidies.
“We do not have free markets today and we have not had them for a very long time. In general, corporate subsidies and tax deduction of particular interest are excellent examples of where the government interferes with free markets,” Bezos wrote on Sunday.
Bezos also responded to an X user who posted a quote by economist Milton Friedman, who said: “Basic at most arguments against the free market is a lack of trust in freedom.”
“Yes they are very intertwined. This is under appreciated but very true. Thank you,” Bezos wrote.
When another user X observed that “free markets and personal freedoms are what defines America”, Bezos replied: “On a very large degree this is true. These principles are critical and worth protecting and need protection.”
Bezos wrote in a subsequent post that free markets and personal freedoms “are fundamental stable principles that have served this country for a long time.”
“They are often under attack,” Mogul wrote.
When asked by an X user if the Washington Post’s Opinion Page would aim for tariffs, Bezos replied:
“Yes, fees are a very reasonable topic for new opinions to explore.”
Bezos added that the newspaper would also act on “critical issues about reciprocity, national security and harmful and distorting effects if tariffs are used to select winners and losers (excluding special products or” ingredients “supply chain if the beneficiary has political power, for example)”.
Bezos’s decision last week resulted in a 75,000 reported people canceling their reconciliations, according to national public radio.
It was the second time in the last few months that readers have removed the letter on an editorial decision by Bezos.
Weeks before the November 5 elections, Bezos blocked his editorial board to issue an approval of the Democratic candidate, the then Vice President, Kamala Harris, who continued to lose former President Donald Trump.
Since Trump’s re-election, Bezos has donated to his inaugural fund and died with the President in his Mar-a-Lago property.
Bezos, who has had a controversial relationship with Trump dating from the first term of office of the president, are looking forward to returning a new page – causing critics to accuse him of sacrificing the Washington Post’s journalistic independence in order to advance his business interests.
Bezos has denied the request.
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