IWashington Post imemezele ngoMsombuluko ukuthi leli phepha selidayiselwe umsunguli we-Amazon.com futhi CEO Jeff Bezos nge $250 million. I-Bezos, enye yamadoda acebe kakhulu emhlabeni, manje ilawula elinye lamaphephandaba anamandla kakhulu ezweni. Abanye abagxeki ngokuthengiswa baveze ubudlelwano obuseduze bukaBezos nohulumeni wase-US. Ngo-2010, i-Amazon yakhipha ipulaki ekusingatheni iwebhusayithi ye-WikiLeaks ngaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu yezepolitiki. Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, i-Amazon yenza isivumelwano se-cloud-computing esingu-$600 million ne- CIA. Abathengisi bezincwadi abazimele nabashicileli nabo sekuyisikhathi eside bekhononda ngezinqubo zebhizinisi lase-Amazon. Sibamba ithebula elijikelezayo ngomlando we-Amazon kanye nekusasa lemboni yamaphephandaba. "Amaphephandaba azimele, ikakhulukazi i-Washington Post enhloko-dolobha yezwe, nakuba kungase kungabi umsebenzi okwazi ukuhweba, asenamandla amakhulu ezombusazwe," kusho uRobert McChesney, umsunguli weFree Press. “Esinakho wumdlalo walezi zigidigidi ezingase ziwusebenzise ngamandla ukukhuthaza eyazo ipolitiki. Umgxeki wezindaba uJeff Cohen uphawula ukuthi nakuba iWashington Post yashicilela ngokuphawulekayo imibiko ngeWatergate kanye nePentagon Papers emashumini eminyaka edlule, ucabanga ukuthi ukukhathazeka ngokuthi iBezos izocekela phansi isiko layo lobuntatheli akunasisekelo, ethi eminyakeni yamuva nje, “IWashington Post bekuyiphephandaba ngempela. ngesivumelwano se-bipartisan." Siphinde sikhulume noDennis Johnson, umshicileli we-Melville Books. "I-Amazon yinkampani engezwa buhlungu. Ngokubona kwami, ayikaze yenze imali. ... Ngakho-ke, uma umbona ethatha i-Washington Post futhi uyazibuza ukuthi uzokwazi yini ukwenza imali ngayo, uzoyenza ibe yinzuzo, mhlawumbe akanandaba,” kusho uJohnson.
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