Zumindest jenseits des großen Teichs scheint es noch Journalisten zu geben, die strategisch zu denken in der Lage sind. John Cassidy postet im altehrwürdigen <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2013/08/bezos-and-the-washington-post-a-skeptical-view.html?printable=true¤tPage=all" rel="nofollow">New Yorker</a>:
»… Will he be ordering his editors to publish articles defending Amazon’s business tactics and criticizing those who question them? I very much doubt that, too. Such a tactic would be transparent, counterproductive, and, quite possibly, contrary to his belief in the First Amendment. But through the editorial columns of the Post, as well as through the ready access to powerful people that being the owner of the newspaper brings, he will be able to have his voice heard much more clearly. And that, surely, must be worth something to him. Two hundred and fifty million dollars, perhaps?«
Es geht um informelle Machtausübung. Das ist schon einiges wert.
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