"Saving the media", from @CageJulia at #NightofPhilosophy. Apparently there is no way to be profitable making quality news. I may have some doubts. 🤔
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Thread · 5 tweets · 28 Jan 2018
She claims that buying the @washingtonpost will give Bezos (indirect) influence over the coverage of Amazon in the press, through self-censorship. If this is true then it should be easily verified empirically, but unfortunately she does not suggest that.
It's not that I think there isn't cause for concern, but allegations of bias against the @washingtonpost are serious, and until they are grounded in evidence they are little more than conspiracy theories. #NightofPhilosophy
She also thinks that you could buy the @nytimes for $200 millions. I'm pretty sure that is a massive under-evaluation.
I'm very sympathetic to the idea of democratically owned media, but "crowdfunding" is a bit short as plans go. #NightofPhilosophy