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This might sound out there, but I think Jeff Bezos' recent op-ed wasn't an attempt to quell the revolt by his largely liberal-leaning readership.

It was an appeal to a new demographic— the far right.

There are nods to conservatives peppered all across his open letter.

First, the entire premise of his argument is largely a right-wing talking point— the liberal media(tm) is biased and untrustworthy.

Liberals aren't concerned with whether or not WaPo has a liberal slant. They fear billionaires have co-opted journalism to escape scrutiny, allegations, the law.

He then decided to give perhaps the most devisive analogy possible— election fraud.

Do we think his liberal readership resonates with voter machine conspiracies? Or, was he speaking to someone else?

Next—and this is what really tipped me off to his goal for this op-ed—look at the language he uses.

"Victim mentality?" Who are we? Grindset influencers on Threads?

And the whole "reality is an undefeated champ" is giving "facts over feelings."

He knew what he was doing.

He creates the dichotomy of anti and pro billionaire, then makes his pro-billionaire argument.

"No, you see, the problem is the liberal elites who read our paper. If only we had the support of real Americans!"

@fromjason
This comment shows he knows absolutely NOTHING about the history of the newspaper business.
Yes, Jeffy, you fucking Einstein, newspaper market penetration has dropped DRAMATICALLY since the 1990's. Ever since this thing called "The Internet".

@fromjason
rewrote Taylor Swift's song "It's you, hi, you're the problem, it's you.".

@fromjason @mgiraldo even without reading I assumed he put some dog whistles in there so the Trump people know he did it for them