{"id":176939,"date":"2021-02-26T13:30:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T18:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=176939"},"modified":"2021-02-26T13:43:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T18:43:50","slug":"bezoss-post-silent-on-amazon-fiasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bezoss-post-silent-on-amazon-fiasco\/","title":{"rendered":"Bezos\u2019s Post Silent on Amazon Fiasco"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbezoss-post-silent-on-amazon-fiasco%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=176939&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rsz_gettyimages-507317040.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The <em>Washington Post<\/em> professes an interest in tech and avows a no-holds-barred relationship toward owner and tech titan Jeff Bezos, but the paper remains silent after Amazon banned a bestselling book without explanation.<\/p>\n<p>Author Ryan T. Anderson tweeted on Monday that Amazon had removed his book <em>When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment<\/em> from its platforms. Amazon refused to give an explanation to Anderson or his publisher and has not responded to requests from the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> or from <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/senators-push-for-answers-on-amazon-book-ban\/\">four senators<\/a> concerned about its use of monopoly power.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Media<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/bezoss-post-silent-on-amazon-fiasco\/\"><strong>Bezos&#8217;s Post Silent on Amazon Fiasco<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/lincoln-project-earned-media\/\"><strong>Lincoln Project Received $32 Million in Free Media from CNN, MSNBC Since Weaver Scandal Broke<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/cnn-fox-news-trump-ratings\/\"><strong>Trump Leaves, CNN Grieves: Network Suffers Post-Impeachment Ratings Dive, Fox News Back on Top<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <em>Post<\/em> covered Anderson&#8217;s book extensively when it came out in 2018. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/to-your-health\/wp\/2018\/02\/02\/ryan-andersons-book-calling-transgender-people-mentally-ill-is-creating-an-uproar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece<\/a>, headlined &#8220;Ryan Anderson&#8217;s book on transgender people is creating an uproar,&#8221; originally contained several misstatements of Anderson&#8217;s positions. The original version <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatthewJFranck\/status\/959852819401576448?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, &#8220;Anderson makes an inflammatory claim\u2014that transgender people are mentally ill.&#8221; It also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatthewJFranck\/status\/959853299682947073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">claimed<\/a> Anderson had championed &#8220;conversion therapy.&#8221; When critics pointed out the falsehoods, the <em>Post<\/em> amended the piece to say, &#8220;Anderson makes what some feel is an inflammatory case against transgender people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, bought the <em>Washington Post<\/em> in 2013. <em>Post<\/em> editors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2021\/washington-post-editor-talks-bezos-amazon-billionaire-owner-reshaped-newspaper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">say<\/a> they have never experienced editorial pressure from Bezos on stories.<\/p>\n<p>Marty Baron, the current executive editor, stressed in a <em>New Yorker<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/the-new-yorker-interview\/marty-baron-considers-his-time-at-the-washington-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">interview<\/a> that Bezos &#8220;actually believes in the mission of journalism; that he thinks it&#8217;s really important for a democracy.&#8221; Baron also said the <em>Post<\/em> had &#8220;significantly expanded its coverage of technology.&#8221; Baron will leave the paper at the end of February.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by the <em>New Yorker<\/em> if the <em>Post<\/em> covered Amazon differently than other companies, Baron strenuously denied it: &#8220;In fact, sometimes I wonder whether we feel that we have to be even more aggressive just to prove that we&#8217;re not being controlled in some way by our boss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Neither Baron nor <em>Washington Post<\/em> tech reporter Jay Greene returned requests for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post professes an interest in tech and avows a no-holds-barred relationship toward owner and tech titan Jeff Bezos, but the paper remains silent after Amazon banned a bestselling &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274298,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rsz_gettyimages-507317040.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Bezos\u2019s Post Silent on Amazon Fiasco","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rsz_gettyimages-507317040.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Bezos\u2019s Post Silent on Amazon Fiasco","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}