Jeff Bezos says he will try to talk Trump out of idea that the news media is an 'enemy'

[groundloop]

Source: CNN


Jeff Bezos hopes Donald Trump has changed.

Speaking at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Wednesday, the billionaire Amazon founder and Washington Post owner said he hopes that a second Trump administration will look more favorably on the press, saying he will “try to talk [Trump] out of” the idea that journalists are an enemy.

“I don’t think the press is the enemy,” Bezos told Andrew Ross Sorkin. “The press is not the enemy, let’s go persuade him of this.”

While Trump famously targeted Bezos and his companies during his first term, Bezos said he was “very optimistic” about a second Trump administration and suggested he even wants to help the incoming president.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/04/media/jeff-bezos-donald-trump-media-enemy/index.html

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Dream On Jeff.

[angrychair]

1. Let's be clear

The news media is absolutely the enemy but they are not his enemy. They are the enemy of democracy. The news media loves TSF more than his own mother did

[Karasu]

12. And yet conservatives still spew the same tired "left wing media" nonsense they've been for decades. It'd be

hilarious if it wasn't so mind-numbingly stupid.

[blm]

2. BS. Trump doesn't see the press as an enemy. He sees it as his plaything.

His chew toy. Just another institution to manipulate at will.

[Botany]

3. Sure Jeff but remember that swimming in De Nile is dangerous

Btw as you are telling Trump the press is not your enemy I will be teaching my Labrador calculus.

[cstanleytech]

10. Nahhh, He really should only worry if Trump says he wants him to come with him to meet Mary River.

[JoseBalow]

4. Maybe he's gunning for Minister of Propaganda

[unblock]

5. Because Donnie is oh so good at listening

[Initech]

6. Yeah, good luck with that one, Bozos.

[thesquanderer]

7. I think it will be about as effective as talking to this guy...

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

8. I'm sure the Dick-Tater on Day One will pivot, right Jeffy?

[JohnSJ]

9. History will be repeating itself, and our democracy may not survive this. Kash Patel will be the new j Edgar Hoover,

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and no one should be surprised with a McCarthy era resurgence, with anyone opposing the sociopath as an enemy of the people. And I sure don’t expect the media to come to our rescue, they will fall right in line as they did during McCarthy era.

[2naSalit]

14. That's what I was thinking...

The reincarnation of jedgar. I remember that fucking asshole. This guy is very much 2.0 with NO oversight.

[Roy Rolling]

11. Why wait?

Tax the fucking rich already.
Repeal Citizens United.

Talk is cheap, make oligarchs put their money where their mouth is. Stop making promises and giving dog-and-pony show sales pitches. Do something, don’t just talk.

[Karasu]

13. Jeff, you hav enough fucking money to end poverty in this country, and THIS is how you choose to use your fucking time?

Trying to appeal to the nonexistent conscience of Donald fucking Trump?

The stupidity is unfathomable.

[2naSalit]

15. His brainz...

Are stashed wherever his hair went.