"Mr. Bezos holds conference calls with The Post’s leadership every other week to discuss the paper’s business strategy but has no involvement in its news coverage, Mr. Baron said. During his occasional appearances at The Post’s building, Mr. Bezos sometimes stops by a news meeting “just to thank everybody,” Mr. Baron said.To Trump, It’s the ‘Amazon Washington Post.’ To Its Editor, That’s Baloney. - The New York Times
“I can’t say more emphatically he’s never suggested a story to anybody here, he’s never critiqued a story, he’s never suppressed a story,” the editor said.
“Frankly, in a newsroom of 800 journalists, if that had occurred, I guarantee you, you would have heard about it,” he added. “Newsrooms tend not to like those kinds of interventions, particularly a newsroom that’s as proud as The Washington Post."
Tuesday, April 03, 2018
To Trump, It’s the ‘Amazon Washington Post.’ To Its Editor, That’s Baloney. - The New York Times
Also see Why Trump thinks he's winning his war on media (Axios)
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