# The Washington Post: Democracy Dies With Us

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-washington-post-democracy-dies-with-us/1009210
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Tags:** trump
**Created:** [October 25, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-washington-post-democracy-dies-with-us/1009210 "2024-10-25T17:30:09Z")
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### Author: ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-washington-post-democracy-dies-with-us/1009210/468 "2025-02-27T01:38:40Z")

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There is another new thread mostly about the Bezos/Washington Post change:

> [@Freedom of speech in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-of-speech-in-the-us/1014833):
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> I wasn’t sure where to put this story about Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post, announcing basically an edict from now on the WP will only publish stories advocating freedom and free markets. (My Irony Meter seems to be shattered into a million flaming pieces, so I’m not sure if there’s any irony here). But I couldn’t find a quite appropriate thread and ISTM a general discussion of the state of free speech could be good. There’s a thread about [the AP being blocked from press briefings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-the-associated-press-from-white-house-briefings/1014791), bu…

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