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> In Pentagon Contract Fight, Amazon Has Foes in High Places

> Bezos should have stepped in to make certain that the WaPo improve the quality of its journalism

The relevance is that this waffling over Oracle and AWS is born of an interview in WaPo? It has nothing to do with Amazon. Especially when you're commenting on the quality of WaPo journalism. The story exists without WaPo, but not without Amazon.

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WaPo has been weaponized against Trump by Bezos, or Bezos failed to stop it.

For some reason doing solid investigative journalism is not a priority and instead rallying partisans around talking points and feel good, in-group stories takes precedence.

FWIW I personally loathe Trump and would love to see him removed from power thanks to some solid investigative journalism.

David Fahrenthold at the Post won the Pulitzer for his investigative journalism in to Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/washington-po...

Significant, but two small blips in a sea of front page stories about rude remarks or other tabloid style drivel.

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