How Jeff Bezos Betrayed the Legacy of The Washington Post
How Jeff Bezos Betrayed the Legacy of “The Washington Post”
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Pamela Alma Weymouth on the tarnishing of her family’s former crown jewel.
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How Jeff Bezos Betrayed the Legacy of The Washington Post w/ Pamela Alma Weymouth
Writing in The Nation, Pamela Alma Weymouth drew a contrast between Kay Graham, her late
grandmother who was publisher of The Washington Post when it fought Richard Nixon’s
administration on The Pentagon Papers and Watergate, with the current owner of the
newspaper, Jeff Bezos. Unlike Graham, Bezos has been all too willing to bend the knee to a
corrupt president. I talked to Pamela about Bezos and other contemporary corporate leaders
who are undermining journalistic integrity at a moment when it is needed more than ever.
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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez wave as they exit the Hotel Aman Wedding on June 28, 2025 in Venice, Italy.
(Luigi Iorio / GC Images)Writing in The Nation, Pamela Alma Weymouth drew a contrast between Kay Graham, her late grandmother who was publisher of The Washington Post when it fought Richard Nixon’s administration on the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, with the current owner of the newspaper, Jeff Bezos. Unlike Graham, Bezos has been all too willing to bend the knee to a corrupt president. I talked to Pamela about Bezos and other contemporary corporate leaders who are undermining journalistic integrity at a moment when it is needed more than ever.
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The Time of Monsters podcast features Nation national-affairs correspondent Jeet Heer’s signature blend of political culture and cultural politics. Each week, he’ll host in-depth conversations with urgent voices on the most pressing issues of our time.
Fighting Monopoly Power w/ Zephyr Teachout
Donald Trump is practicing crony capitalism on an unprecedented scale, with the government greenlighting major mergers that benefit the president’s friends (most notably the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger). I spoke to Zephyr Teachout, who teaches constitutional law at Fordham, about this worrying development. We take up the long history of anti-monopoly politics going back to the American revolution and the trust battles of the late 19th century as well as the possibility state governments can fight the new wave of consolidation. Zephyr has often written on his subject for The Nation, notably in two recent articles.
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