Ben Jealous, woyimira demokalase kuti akhale kazembe wa Maryland, akuyembekeza kusiya kukhumudwa kwakukulu mu zisankho zapakati pa mwezi wa November motsutsana ndi Gov. Larry Hogan wa Republican. Ngati atapambana, Jealous adzakhala bwanamkubwa woyamba waku Africa-America, komanso kazembe wachitatu wosankhidwa waku Africa-America mdzikolo. (Osankhidwa ena a gubernatorial a 2018 omwe ali ndi kuthekera kofananako kuphwanya chotchinga chamitunducho ndi Andrew Gillum ku Florida ndi Stacey Abrams ku Georgia, yemwe angakhale kazembe wachikazi woyamba wakuda ngati atapambana.)
Iwo amene amakhulupirira nthano za "zofalitsa zaulere" angaganize kuti Washington Post angathandizire wopita patsogolo yemwe amachirikiza mfundo monga Medicare for All, malipiro ochepa a $ 15 ndikuvomereza chamba. M'malo mwake, pepala-yofalitsa nkhani kwambiri ku Maryland-ikuwoneka kuti ili ndi nkhwangwa yopera ndi Nsanje, ndipo m'malo mwake yasankha kuthandizira Hogan pa mpikisano wa kazembe. Monga Pete Tucker pa CounterPunch (8/31/18, 9/18/18, 10/8/18) wafotokoza, a Post watsutsana ndi Nsanje nthawi iliyonse.
Zotsutsa zambiri za pepalali zikugwirizana ndi zomwe zimawonetsa ngati ndondomeko zachuma za Jealous. Chaka chatha, a Post bungwe lamasewero (10/29/17) adatcha mfundo ya maphunziro a Jealous "chopereka chachikulu," lonjezo la "chakudya chaulere" chomwe "chingawombetse dzenje laling'ono la Chesapeake Bay mu bajeti ya boma." Mu July (7/19/18), idatanthauzira mpikisano wapakati pa Hogan ndi Jealous ngati "kusiyana kwakukulu" pakati pa "centrist kapena liberal," kukayikira ngati "soak olemera" ajenda "itha kuchitika, yanzeru kapena yosagwirizana." Ndondomeko za Jealous pothandizira kukweza malipiro a aphunzitsi ndi kupita patsogolo kwa pre-K kunkatchedwa "mtengo wapatali," chifukwa amakweza misonkho pa One Percent ku Montgomery County, chigawo chachikulu komanso cholemera kwambiri cha boma.
Kudzichepetsera kutsata ndondomeko yazachuma yakumanzere sichinthu chachilendo kwamakampani azofalitsa nkhani, koma pamene Post akufotokoza kuti Jealous ndi "mtsogoleri wachiwembuโ amene ali onse "kulakalaka" ndi "kusasamala," iwo akuwoneka kuti ali kunja kwa ziwanda payekha. The Postmasamba ankhani (8/18/18) adadzudzula zochitika zodumphadumpha za Jealous pa Maryland's deep-red Eastern Shore, ndi adamuuza chifukwa choponya bomba la F ngati mtolankhani mobwerezabwereza anamutcha iye socialist, chizindikiro chimene wakhala akuchikana mosalekeza. Lipoti la pepalalo lidawoneka kuti likufuna kuwunikira zolakwika za Jealous.
Mosiyana ndi izi, pepalali likupitirizabe kuchepetsa zovuta za Hogan ndi ngongole monga bwanamkubwa, kuphatikizapo kukwezera nsidze kuchita bwino pazachuma wa kampani yake yogulitsa malo - adaperekedwa kwa oyang'anira mchimwene wake molimbika mtima kuti apewe mikangano yachiwongola dzanja - komanso odana ndi olowa miyeso ndi wochirikiza kuipitsa ndondomeko (ngakhale a Post adasindikiza a kalata kuchokera kwa woyang'anira zachilengedwe wa Hogan, yemwe mosadabwitsa adayamikira mbiri ya bwanamkubwa).
Ngakhale zofunikira izi zikumveka ngati yemwe akukhala ku White House, a Post gulu la mkonzi lotchedwa Hogan a "moyeneraโ chifukwa adadzipatula ku National Rifle Association, yemwe adakana kumukhulupirira iye, ndipoโkwakukulu wapakatiโ chifukwa cha mfundo zake zomwe amati ndi "anti-Trump". Akupitiliza kupanga Hogan m'mawu owoneka bwino, kumuwonetsa ngati "wodzichepetsa"Ndi anthu.
Monga Tucker akuwunikira mu CounterPunch, Hogan samalandila konse mlandu (kapena kutchulidwa) ndi Post pamavuto aliwonse a Maryland, monga kusowa kwa makometsedwe a mpweya m'masukulu aboma panyengo yanyengo. Ndipo nyuzipepala nthawi zonse amakana kufunsa mafunso a Hogan kuti amachita ndi akuluakulu ena aboma, monga ngati iye zogwiriziza Ogwira ntchito ku federal a Purezidenti Trump amayimitsa - nkhani yayikulu mdera la metro ya DC - kapena malingaliro ake pa NFL ya Colin Kaepernick. zionetsero motsutsana ndi nkhanza za apolisi. Tucker komanso amatsutsa ndi Post pamitu yankhani yolakwika ngati "Nsanje Imayesa Kugwiritsa Ntchito Bwino La Trump pa Pempho Lake Laulere la Koleji" - mawu omwe akusonyeza kuti nkhaniyi ndi ya Jealous's ndale zandale, osati kutsutsa kwa Trump ku mfundo zotchuka. (Mutu udali pambuyo pake anasintha.)
The PostThandizo la Hogan ndi ziwanda za Nsanje zitha kukhala chifukwa chachikulu ena Democratic ndale ku Maryland akhala akuzengereza kuchoka kumbuyo kwa Jealous. Komabe, popeza ndale za demokalase zotchulidwa nthawi zambiri sakhalanso paudindo, a Post amamukomera Hogan pounika maganizo awoโmonga momwe imachitira pamene imayamika mโmalo momโpenda mosamalitsa chifukwa choganiza kuti ali kutali ndi anthu ena achipani chake.
Tucker akuwonetsanso za Zolemba kuikidwa mmanda of malipoti pa thandizo lalikulu la Jealous mu zisankho zochokera kwa anthu aku Africa-America, nkhani zomwe zidatsitsidwa kumbuyo kwa gawo la Metro. Kumbali ina, a Post anakankhira nkhani pa kafukufuku wina yemwe adapeza Hogan akutsata Nsanje pakati pa ovota akuda ndi 14 peresenti yocheperako-yopereka kusowa kwa Nsanje kwa African-American Democrats, monga wakale Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett, monga kufotokozera.
Ngakhale mavoti nthawi zambiri osayenera ndipo khalani kawirikawiri zakhala Zolakwika, amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Post kumenya Nsanje. Wolemba nthawi zonse Kufotokoza bwanamkubwa ngati"wotchukaโ (ngakhale ake ndondomeko ayi), pepalalo limalimbikitsa mphwayi pakati pa a Democrats, kutanthauza kuti kutayika kwa Jealous ndi lingaliro lodziwikiratu. Ngakhale Hogan alidi kuvomereza kwakukulu, ndi Postlipoti ili ndi malingaliro a ulosi womwe ukuyembekeza kukwaniritsidwa wokha.
Kutuluka pamwamba Tumizani's Kuphunzira kwa mpikisano wa kazembe ndi thandizo losangalatsa la Hogan Amazon, chimphona cha e-commerce cha munthu wolemera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, Jeff Bezos, yemwenso amakhala ndi Washington Post. Amazon, ndi ubale wa pepala kwa izo, nkovuta kubwera m'nkhani zokhudza mpikisano wa bwanamkubwa: M'chaka chatha, nkhani zitatu zokha zokhudza kuthamangira kwa bwanamkubwa kwa Ben Jealous zatchulidwa. Amazon. Chisamaliro choterechi chimachepetsa kuchuluka kwake Amazon, ndi mwini wake, ali pachiwopsezo ku Maryland.
Amazon ali ndi chidwi chofuna kuwona Maryland ikukhalabe "yokonda bizinesi," china chake Post amaganizira Hogan kukhala. Malo omwe kale anali a White Flint Mall ku Montgomery County, kumpoto kwa dera lolemera la DC ku Bethesda, ndi mtsogoleri wotsogolera pakufufuza kwapamwamba kwa kampaniyo ku likulu lachiwiri. Amazon akuyembekezeka kukhazikika pamalopo kumapeto kwa chaka.
Ubale pakati Amazon ndipo mayiko omwe ali ndi mwayi wochititsa "HQ2" yake ndi yosiyana ndi makonzedwe anthawi zonse okopa anthu. Ngakhale mabizinesi nthawi zambiri amalimbikitsa maboma kuti apereke ndalama zothandizira, zopumira misonkho ndi zina zotero, ndi maboma omwe amalimbikitsa kwambiri. Amazon kusankha mayiko awo. Bwanamkubwa Hogan adalonjeza $ Biliyoni 8.5 m'malo olimbikitsa boma kudera la Montgomery, pakadali pano chopereka chapamwamba kwambiri kuposa boma lililonse (pambuyo pa kuphatikizidwa kwa $ 2 biliyoni pakuwongolera zoyendera mwadzidzidzi).
Pa ndondomeko ya kampani yomwe ingasamutsidwe, Hogan adanena, "HQ2 ndi mwayi waukulu kwambiri wotukula chuma m'badwo, ndipo tikupereka zonse zomwe tili nazo kuti tibweretse kwathu ku Maryland." Hogan anakomana ndi Bezos payekha ku Economic Club ku Washington mu Seputembala.
Koma ngakhale sichifika ku Maryland, boma likukula kale Amazonzolinga; kampaniyo imagwira ntchito kapena kubwereketsa kukwaniritsidwa kokulirapo ndi kusanja nyumba zosungira m'boma, kuphatikiza wina ku Cecil County, wina ku Rockville ku Montgomery County, wina kunja kwa BWI Airport ku Anne Arundel County, ndi malo atatu a Baltimore Marine Terminal. Kampaniyo yangomaliza kupanga zake chatsopano malo okwaniritsira ku Sparrow's Point kum'mawa kwa Baltimore County, malo osankhidwa pambuyo pa boma ndi chigawo doled $2.2 miliyoni mu zolimbikitsa.
Zonse zanenedwa, Amazon walandira $ Miliyoni 46 m'zithandizo zochokera ku maboma ndi maboma ku Maryland kuyambira 2000, mayiko ena opitilira 42. Poganizira kuti kampaniyo yangogwiritsa ntchito $10 miliyoni pokopa anthu ku Maryland ndikupereka $6 miliyoni pothandizira ndale za boma pazaka 18 zapitazi, uku ndikubweza bwino pazandale za Amazon.
Ngakhale HQ2 sibwera ku Maryland, pali mwayi wabwino kuti ikhala pafupi, ndi masamba ena omwe ali ku Washington koyenera kapena pafupi ndi malo osungiramo data pafupi ndi Dulles Airport ku Northern Virginia. Kulumikizana kwa dera la metro ndi ubale wake wapamtima ndi boma la federal zikutanthauza zimenezo Amazon Mosakayikira adzakhala wamkulu dera wosewera mpira, mosasamala kanthu za dziko limene kwenikweni mapeto kuitana kunyumba.
As Amazon Anapatsidwa kuwonjezeka kusakhulupirika kuwunika kuchokera Pulezidenti Trump, opanga malamulo, owongolera komanso anthu onse, ndipo akupitilizabe kusiyanasiyana m'mafakitale osiyanasiyana monga zakudya, media, chisamaliro chamoyo ndi Kutumiza kwa drone, zofuna zake zimafuna kukulirakulira kulimbikitsa kukhalapo. Ndalama zokopa za chimphona cha e-commerce zili nazo anaphulika ndi oposa 400 peresenti pazaka zisanu zapitazi, ndipo mu 2017 anali chitatu- wamkulu wolondera makampani, ndi lachiwiri-chachikulu kwambiri mu gawo laukadaulo, pambuyo pake Googlekampani ya makolo Malembo.
Amazon amalandiranso lalikulu Mgwirizano kuchokera ku boma la federal, kuphatikizapo kupereka ntchito zamakompyuta kwa CIA, pomwe kampani ya Bezos ya Blue Origin imasungabe makontrakitala akuluakulu ndi NASA.
Kuphatikiza apo, Bezos adangogula nyumba yaikulu ku DC, nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale zakale, pomwe umwini wake wa Washington Post amalimbitsa ubale wake ndi mzinda womwe pepala lake limatumizira, komanso ku Maryland ndi Virginia. Kazembe wochezeka ku Maryland, gawo lalikulu la dera la DC metro, ndikofunikira Amazonkupitiriza kukhalapo pamenepo.
Ngakhale Hogan akuwoneka kuti akukwaniritsa udindowu, Nsanje sizotsimikizika. Ngati akanati adzasankhidwe, Jealous adanena kuti adzasankhidwa Ulemu ndi kuthekera kopangidwa ndi Hogan kwa Amazonlikulu latsopano ngati atasankha malo ku Maryland m'miyezi ikubwerayi. Komabe, Jealous watero anatsutsa zolimbikitsa zoperekedwa ndi Hogan monga "kukambirana kwenikweni zoipa," ndipo ali anafunsidwa zifukwa zoperekera "msonkho wowolowa manja ku imodzi mwamabungwe olemera kwambiri padziko lapansi." Nkhani imodzi (7/27/18) pakuthandizira "kwachangu" kwa Jealous kuchokera ku bungwe la Democrats adanenanso kuti "akuwoneka kuti alibe kuthandizira" pazoyesayesa zokopa. Amazon.
Mwina lalikulu red mbendera kwa Post ndi kulumikizana kwa Jealous ndi Bernie Sanders, kwa nthawi yayitali mdani ku Bezos. Sabata yatha, Sanders adakakamiza mabiliyoniyo kuti alowe kukweza malipiro at Amazon ndi ake pempholo ya Stop BEZOS Act, yomwe imakhometsa makampani msonkho pa kuchuluka kwa ogwira ntchito awo amalandira phindu la anthu.
The Post ali ndi chidwi choukira ma Democrat omwe samatsatira mzere wamakampani. Iwo apita kukayesa kunyoza Sanders kangapo (FAIR.org, 10/1/15, 3/8/16, 5/11/16, 11/17/16, etc.), kuthamanga 16 nkhani zoipa pa Sanders mu nthawi imodzi ya maola 16 pama primaries a 2016. Pepala (7/11/18) adalongosola Mark Elrich, wopita patsogolo yemwe akuthamangira ku Montgomery County, monga "wotsalira" omwe maganizo ake "odana ndi bizinesi ndi odana ndi chitukuko" ayenera kukhala "odetsa nkhawa" kwa ovota - ngakhale kuti adanena kuti chitsimikiziro cha Elrich kuti "iye. angalandire chisankho ndi Amazon kupeza likulu lawo lachiwiri lamakampani m'chigawocho "ndinali olandiridwa." Monga Jealous, Elrich adatsimikizira Bezos kuti iye sichidzatero kuyesa kuletsa Amazon HQ iyenera kutera ku Montgomery County.
Monga momwe zimakhalira ndi Sanders ndi Elrich, a PostKufotokozera za Jealous kumaphatikiza kukayikira za mwayi wake wachisankho ndikuchotsa mfundo zake zomwe amati ndizovuta kwambiri. Kusokoneza ndale komanso kuchitapo kanthu kwa mfundo zokomera anthu monga chisamaliro chaumoyo wapadziko lonse komanso malipiro ochepa omwe angapezeke ali m'gulu la mabiliyoniya-ndiponso, zofalitsa nkhani zokhala ndi mabiliyoni ambiri monga Post.
Zokonda zotere sizifotokozedwa mwachindunji. Chidziwitso cha malo owulutsa nkhani pazokonda za eni ake nthawi zambiri chimakhala ngati memo kuchokera kwa abwana akuuza akonzi kuti apereke nkhani zotsutsa adani a eni ake kapena kuthandiza anzawo. Ogwira ntchito ochenjera amamvetsetsa kuti ndi ntchito yanji yomwe imapangitsa munthu wosayina cheke kukhala yosangalala, ndikuwongolera zoyesayesa zawo moyenera. Ndipo olemba anzawo ntchito amadziwa kulemba ganyu ogwira ntchito omwe angachite zomwe zikuyembekezeka osawuzidwa - ndichifukwa chake George Seldes wotsutsa atolankhani. analemba:
Chodzitamandira chopusa kwambiri mโmbiri ya utolankhani wamakono ndi cha mlembi amene anati, โSindinapatsidwepo lamulo; Ndine womasuka kuchita zomwe ndimakonda."
The Post amapereka malingaliro osiyanasiyana nthawi ndi nthawi. Sabata ino, idasindikiza pro-Jealous op-ed, komanso a kalata kwa mkonzi zomwe zimatsutsa "mawu odzaza" a pepala mu a lipoti lapitalo pa ubale wa Jealous ku Maryland Democratic Party. Pepala lasindikizanso zidutswa wokayika wa AmazonKusamutsidwa kudera la metro ya DC (pazifukwa zomwe zidzawonjezera mtengo wa magalimoto ndi nyumba, m'malo motsutsa ndondomeko yolimbikitsira mabiliyoni ambiri), komanso malipoti pakuchita zolimbana ndi kuthekera kofikira HQ2. Koma izi sizingafanane ndi njira yolakwika yomwe yatengera kwa Nsanje, kapena matamando omwe adapereka kwa Hogan.
Zotsatira za Bezos pa Washington Postkufotokozera za ndale zomwe zingakhudze AmazonZolinga zamabizinesi, zabwino kapena zoyipa, ndizovuta kuwonetsa ndi mfuti yosuta. Chodziwika bwino ndi chakuti zisankho za mkonzi wa nyuzipepala zimakhudza kwambiri maganizo a anthu, zisankho, moyo wa anthu, mphamvu zamakampani, maubwenzi amtundu, kusunga chilengedwe ndi mbali zina zambiri za moyo. Mapepala ochulukirapo omwe ali ndi mabiliyoni ngati Bezos, m'pamenenso mphamvu za mabiliyoni zimafalikira.
Justin Anderson ndi wolemba ku New York City. Mutha kumutsatira pa Twitter pa @_JustAndFair.
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