Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Jeff Bezos purchased the Washington Post.”

“And the little hobby newspapers that they've bought, which they love to say that we are making the quality of everything better. Jeff Bezos purchased the Washington Post. He laid off some of the highest qualified journalists that made it an American institution so that he could turn it into a mouthpiece that launders his personal agenda and opinions.” (03:11–03:15)

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