cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/42879107
The Washington Post told staffers today that it was moving forward with a sweeping round of layoffs that was part of a “broad strategic reset” of the storied newspaper, which will include eliminating the sports desk, severely cutting back on its international coverage, dismantling its books section, and restructuring its local news team.
Though it was not immediately known exactly how many employees would be impacted by the cuts, it had previously been reported that about 100 staffers from the newsroom could be laid off, and as many as 300 employees from the broader company would face terminations.
However, after emails were sent to staffers on Wednesday morning, it is expected that roughly one-third of staff — about 300 of the roughly 800 journalists in the newsroom — will be laid off, with some staffers saying that this was a “bloodbath”.
Murray revealed that the paper would be “shrinking” its foreign news bureaus and drastically altering its local metro coverage.
I fucking guarantee you that this isn’t even about squeezing the last dome put of it, this is a direct attack in democracy
Not that the WP was such a great defender, but I bet good money that loads of these journalists will now be replaced with yes-man editors who all day just write what the regime wants.
Fuck fascism, fuck fascists
Who the fuck reads the Washington Post these days anyway? It’s just pro fascism and Israel propaganda
The fascists and Zionists. And trust me, there’s quite a few of them.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
“I’ll make sure of it.” —Jeff Bezos
I’d love to see some sort of news media co-op where journalists are in charge, it’s grass-roots/community reporting focused, and big business is not entwined in the underlying structure.
Isn’t that exactly what the Associated Press is?
There’s some great outfits like 404 Media, but I see complaints all the time on here about login or paywall requirements that they use to try and make it a sustainable operation.
honest news don’t sell.
No, boring news doesn’t sell. You can make boring news exciting and get viewers.
The problem is access.
You don’t get access to the biggest stories, the insiders, the interviews and the releases from major organizations without a complicated establishment within the system.
Independent journalists can do a lot but are cut out at a certain point. Only particular representatives are invited to press briefings by various organizations.
And in case nobody is reading between the lines here, getting that kind of clout and acce$$ i$ Some kind of $ecret formula that involve$ a lot of thing$ I’m probably not an expert on.
It needs to happen. We’re in a situation right now where media is captive by the same forces driving EVERYTHING right now. Re-establishing a free and honest press is pretty much required at this point.
Can’t this guy just go fuck his bridge troll my god what happened to her face wife and leave everyone alone?
“Democracy dies in darkness” wasn’t a warning, it was a promise.
Parasite bezos deserves a quick trip to the guillotine.
alien bezos, remember we came back from space that one year, and he acted like a non human when spraying alcohol on shatner.
Bezos is on the evil list
…and on the guillotine list
Has been for a loooooong time
