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Bezos did a great thing here. Same with the LA Times. Legacy media is failing and endorsing candidates will only hurt themselves. An endorsement from an unpopular form of media isn’t going to do much anyway.

Report the news as it is and remain unbiased, yet factual. That’s how you revive a failing news organization, not by jumping on the band wagon with the other billionaire media owners, spreading misinformation or catering to big donors. I’m

Democracy is about choice, not deception. Factual news is the cornerstone of the republic. We have just witnessed a new burst of fresh air in the news media industry, and we are all here to witness it in all of its glory.

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Clearly Musk has joined with Trump and The MAGA fascists.

You did not make a case to label Bezos as a fascist, except for his castration of the Washington Post.

But I think you are definitely on to something that I am eager to learn about.

I would love it if you burrowed further into this.

Andrew LeCompte

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Mussolini came to power in 1922, became Il Duce in 1925. Not 1939.

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You're right, he was in power prior to 1939! I just meant that he reached his zenith in 1939, when he dissolved parliament and create Chamber of Fasces and Corporat. Poorly communicated on my part.

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