I don't suppose the MSM will ever report this either...!
It's a bit old and it's the first time I've come across it.
Washington Post owner receives $600 million contract from the CIA.
'Editor’s note: The Washington Post was the first to run the story of the CIA’s claim that
Russia hacked the US election, of which there is absolutely no evidence.
It’s been a rough couple days for The Washington Post. Word emerged that hackers
invaded its internal system—for a few days, no less—all of its staffers had to change
heir passwords as the company tried to figure out how much data had been compromised.
Meanwhile, a petition campaign was launched related to news that Amazon, under the
Post’s new owner, Jeff Bezos, recently secured a $600 million contract from the CIA.
That’s at least twice what Bezos paid for the Post this year. Bezos recently disclosed that
the company’s Web-services business is building a “private cloud” for the CIA to use for
its data needs.
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Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post.
Critics charge that, at a minimum, the Post needs to disclose its CIA link whenever it reports
on the agency. Over 15,000 have signed the petition this week hosted by RootsAction.
In a statement released by the Institute for Public Accuracy, media writer/author Robert
McChesney observes:
When the main shareholder in one of the very largest corporations in the world benefits
from a massive contract with the CIA on the one hand, and that same billionaire owns the
Washington Post on the other hand, there are serious problems.
The Post is unquestionably the political paper of record in the United States, and how it
covers governance sets the agenda for the balance of the news media. Citizens need
to know about this conflict of interest in the columns of the Post itself.
If some official enemy of the United States had a comparable situation—say the owner of
the dominant newspaper in Caracas was getting $600 million in secretive contracts from
the Maduro government—the Post itself would lead the howling chorus impaling that
newspaper and that government for making a mockery of a free press.
It is time for the Post to take a dose of its own medicine.”
See article by Norman Solomon for a fuller accounting. He notes:
Bezos personally and publicly touts Amazon Web Services, and it’s evident that Amazon will
be seeking more CIA contracts. Last month, Amazon issued a statement saying, “We look
forward to a successful relationship with the CIA.”...'
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It's a bit old and it's the first time I've come across it.
Washington Post owner receives $600 million contract from the CIA.
'Editor’s note: The Washington Post was the first to run the story of the CIA’s claim that
Russia hacked the US election, of which there is absolutely no evidence.
It’s been a rough couple days for The Washington Post. Word emerged that hackers
invaded its internal system—for a few days, no less—all of its staffers had to change
heir passwords as the company tried to figure out how much data had been compromised.
Meanwhile, a petition campaign was launched related to news that Amazon, under the
Post’s new owner, Jeff Bezos, recently secured a $600 million contract from the CIA.
That’s at least twice what Bezos paid for the Post this year. Bezos recently disclosed that
the company’s Web-services business is building a “private cloud” for the CIA to use for
its data needs.
Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post.
Critics charge that, at a minimum, the Post needs to disclose its CIA link whenever it reports
on the agency. Over 15,000 have signed the petition this week hosted by RootsAction.
In a statement released by the Institute for Public Accuracy, media writer/author Robert
McChesney observes:
When the main shareholder in one of the very largest corporations in the world benefits
from a massive contract with the CIA on the one hand, and that same billionaire owns the
Washington Post on the other hand, there are serious problems.
The Post is unquestionably the political paper of record in the United States, and how it
covers governance sets the agenda for the balance of the news media. Citizens need
to know about this conflict of interest in the columns of the Post itself.
If some official enemy of the United States had a comparable situation—say the owner of
the dominant newspaper in Caracas was getting $600 million in secretive contracts from
the Maduro government—the Post itself would lead the howling chorus impaling that
newspaper and that government for making a mockery of a free press.
It is time for the Post to take a dose of its own medicine.”
See article by Norman Solomon for a fuller accounting. He notes:
Bezos personally and publicly touts Amazon Web Services, and it’s evident that Amazon will
be seeking more CIA contracts. Last month, Amazon issued a statement saying, “We look
forward to a successful relationship with the CIA.”...'
SOURCE:
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