BUSINESS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Amazon CEO and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos took aim at President Donald Trump over his criticism of journalists Thursday [9-13-18] night, saying his rhetoric calling the media the ‘enemy of the people’ erodes the freedom of the press the nation cherishes…Bezos bought the Post in 2013 with $250 million from his personal fortune, and has since injected fresh capital and ambition into the region’s largest media outlet. But his ownership of the newspaper has provoked constant outrage from Trump, who rails against the newspaper’s coverage of him and falsely claims it acts as an advocate for Amazon. Trump accuses Amazon of avoiding taxes, destroying traditional retailers and ripping off the U.S. Postal Service…Bezos said he does not ‘feel the need to defend Amazon’ against Trump, but that he will defend the Post. Asked at another point about speculation that Amazon will choose the Washington area for his company’s much-coveted second corporate headquarters, Bezos punted.”
–Steven Overly, “Bezos to Trump: It’s ‘dangerous to demonize the media’,” Politico, September 13, 2018 10:31 pm