{"id":317690,"date":"2026-02-13T15:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/jeff-bezos-gutting-the-washington-post-is-a-threat-to-us-democracy-under-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:01:13","slug":"jeff-bezos-gutting-the-washington-post-is-a-threat-to-us-democracy-under-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/jeff-bezos-gutting-the-washington-post-is-a-threat-to-us-democracy-under-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos gutting the Washington Post is a threat to US democracy under Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/RyeRmmdF4Yg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Bezos gutting the Washington Post is a threat to US democracy under Trump\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RyeRmmdF4Yg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an absolute bloodbath,\u201d said one employee.<br \/>\nSubscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post, owned by the billionaire Jeff Bezos, has laid off approximately one-third of its employees, raising renewed fears about the resilience of US democracy \u2013 and its media \u2013 to withstand Donald Trump\u2019s attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Marty Baron, the Post\u2019s former executive editor, called it \u201camong the darkest days\u201d for the paper and castigated Bezos for his \u201csickening efforts to curry favor with President Trump\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the latest in a series of highly controversial decisions at the Post by Bezos, the founder of Amazon \u2013 which, the day after the firings were announced, revealed plans to spend $200bn in one year on artificial intelligence and robotics. Amazon also paid $75m to make and market Melania, a new documentary about the US first lady.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Post lost at least a quarter of a million subscribers and faced internal uproar after the paper \u2013 at Bezos\u2019 request, according to the newspaper\u2019s reporters \u2013 chose not to endorse any candidate in the US presidential election for the first time in 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>At the time Susan Rice, a former US ambassador to the UN and former domestic policy adviser for the Biden administration, called the decision \u201cthe most hypocritical, chicken-shit move from a publication that is supposed to hold people in power to account\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Post was sold to Bezos in 2013, and under him the paper introduced a new slogan: \u201cDemocracy dies in darkness\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian journalist Paul Owen said: \u201cThe paper\u2019s journalists will be hoping these job cuts don\u2019t leave it looking darker than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian is not owned by a billionaire or shareholders. We\u2019re owned by the Scott Trust and supported by readers like you.<\/p>\n<p>#jeffbezos #washingtonpost #politics #usa #democracy #freepress #trump #donaldtrump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an absolute bloodbath,\u201d said one employee. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1 The Washington Post, owned by the billionaire Jeff Bezos, has laid off approximately one-third of its employees, raising renewed fears about the resilience of US democracy \u2013 and its media \u2013 to withstand Donald Trump\u2019s attacks. 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