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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago

The Washington Post Disaster is an Indictment of Both Publishers and Society

The shocking diminishment of The Washington Post, which has just announced it is cutting a third of its staff, is not just another story of a great paper succumbing to algorithms, social media, and the march to idiocracy. In their zeal to be seen as fair and evenhanded, journalists tend to accept the common criticism that they failed to adapt that, basically, they didn't produce enough viral TikTok videos. There's some truth to that, but the main problem lies elsewhere.
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fromFortune
4 days ago

Jeff Bezos' mass layoffs at the Washington Post a 'case study in near-instant, self-inflicted brand destruction,' former editor says | Fortune

The Washington Post eliminated one-third of its staff, closing sports, several foreign bureaus, and books coverage in major newsroom cuts.
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