Tell the Washington Post to be honest with readers about a big conflict of interest.
The newspaper’s new owner Jeff Bezos is the founder and CEO of Amazon — which recently landed a $600 million contract with the CIA. [1]
The Post often does reporting on CIA activities. The coverage should include full disclosure that the owner of the Washington Post is also the main owner of Amazon — and Amazon is now gaining huge profits directly from the CIA.
Click here to sign a petition for full disclosure!
A basic principle of journalism is to acknowledge when the owner of a media outlet has a major financial relationship with the subject of coverage.
And $600 million is certainly “major.” That’s more than twice as much as Bezos paid to buy the Post four months ago.