Honestly, I'm surprised when it comes to Bezos and the WP. Bezos, for all he achieved, is class-A hole when it come to labor rights an how employees are treated. Heck, the guy bought a second yacht to land his chopper on because his primary yacht, being a sail ship and all, doesn't have place for a heli pad. He's prime capitalism excess. And there he is, having bought WP to prevent it from falling into hard times and, as of now, he did not interfere with WPs reporting.
Disclaimer: I'm an ex-Amazonian, and I think it is great company to work at (blue collar jobs excluded, but that's true for all warehouse and delivery jobs). Amazon managed to get rid of the middle population of a Gauss distribution regarding performance, Amazon is relentless (I like that drive for efficiency). By taking out the middle, so, the very top and the very bottom are left unchecked and un-moderated. Which breeds all kinds of problems.
"he did not interfere with WPs reporting."--this just means, Bezos doesn't directly deal with the editorial staff and reporters. In other words, you don't see legally admissible evidence for his interference. Next time, work with c-level execs, and see how they create the impression of 'non-interference' and yet interfere.
I read, occasionally, the WP, the NYT, Le Monde and Spiegel (don't ask about the latter, it is the major "free" online paper in Germany). So far I have yet to see a difference between those when it comes to Bezos or Amazon (excluding differences between European and US reporting), nor do I see any major bias differences between NYT and WP.
And that's all the interference I care about when it comes to reporting.
Disclaimer: I'm an ex-Amazonian, and I think it is great company to work at (blue collar jobs excluded, but that's true for all warehouse and delivery jobs). Amazon managed to get rid of the middle population of a Gauss distribution regarding performance, Amazon is relentless (I like that drive for efficiency). By taking out the middle, so, the very top and the very bottom are left unchecked and un-moderated. Which breeds all kinds of problems.