Broken

 Last night, the lead story on CNN was the disappearance of a media figure's mom. She has dementia, it's a sad story as most stories surrounding dementia are. 

If you think that this is the most important story, I don't know what to tell you.

The Washington Post, as an organization, has largely ceased to exist. I cancelled my subscription after Bezos killed the Harris endorsement, but it has largely been gutted by other decisions Bezos made. The reality is that a regional newspaper really needs to be loss-leader for a wealthy person. It's basically a charitable institution at this point. 

That Post story is more important to the media itself than the disappearance of Ms Guthrie. Still, the media cannot seem to adequately grasp the moment we are in. 

Which is why we are in the moment we are in. I'm sure Bezos thought that re-electing Trump would be good for circulation. Instead, the Trumpification of the paper that brought down Nixon is now complicit in bringing down our Republic.

Democracy dies in Bezos' hands.