Melania’s $40m Amazon deal: another sign Bezos is capitulating to Donald Trump | Margaret Sullivan

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✍️ Jeff Bezos's company Amazon has made a $40m deal to produce a documentary on Melania Trump, sparking concerns about the impact on editorial independence and the role of the free press in a democracy.
👉 Amazon has made a $40m deal to produce a documentary on Melania Trump
👉 The deal has sparked concerns about the impact on editorial independence and the role of the free press in a democracy
👉 Ann Telnaes, a cartoonist at the Washington Post, quit her job over the killing of her political cartoon

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Sadly, the Amazon-Melania deal has much the same flavor as the rest of Trump appeasement moves – not just by Bezos but by others of his ilkThe language in a New York Times article was extremely restrained as it described Jeff Bezos’s evolving stance regarding Donald Trump.The Amazon founder and the president-elect had had a rocky relationship in the past, “but in recent months, Amazon and Mr. Bezos have taken steps to repair it”.Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/10/melania-trump-amazon-documentary