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Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos has become the target of conservative ire as the marriage equality supporter bought The Washington Post this week for $250 million.
Bezos and his wife MacKenzie donated $2.5 million last year in support of winning the marriage equality campaign in his home state of Washington. The initiative to approve Referendum 74 won with 53.7% of the vote.
According to Media Matters, the National Organization for Marriage quickly cautioned readers that the Post would "get a whole lot more one-sided about" the debate over marriage equality. Fox News columnist Dan Gainor said Bezos's support for marriage equality was "bad news." Meanwhile, David Harsanyi of Human Events and Noel Sheppard of News Busers, both conservative news sites, warned readers that those whose politics lean toward the right would not be pleased that the family-owned publication would likely not take a conservative turn under a highly anticipated new owner.
http://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2013/08/07/conservatives-target-new-washington-post-owner
msongs
(67,361 posts)Chan790
(20,176 posts)is that I promise you Jeff Bezos doesn't give a fuck because he has enough money to bury NOM in any marriage-equality initiative...out of the petty cash in his wallet. Who are Dan Gainor, David Harsanyi and Noel Sheppard in terms of market-reach compared to the guy who owns the 6th most influential website in the world and the 5th most read newspaper in the United States? Nobody, that's who the fuck they are.
FSogol
(45,448 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Cha
(296,848 posts)buying the WaPo! It sounds Good. We all know reality has a liberal slant.
Oh, and tough shite to dan gainor who wishes he had $250,000,000 to buy the Washpost.
William769
(55,144 posts)Many believe that is is such the large amount of money that he gave in the effort for Marriage Equality in Washington State, is what help push it over the top.
Cha
(296,848 posts)Really Good News. I'm am such an amazon shopper from way back. I knew they gave more to Dems than repubs so that made me feel good.
But, this is stunningly good!