Amazon and The Washington Post are both owned by Jeff Bezos, yet their financial paths couldn’t be more different. While Amazon’s profits recently surged by over 15%, The Washington Post experienced a significant 30% decline in overall profit.

In an effort to maintain its already substantial margins, Amazon began laying off nearly 30,000 employees in October 2025. In contrast, The Washington Post, despite facing much heavier losses, cut approximately 300 positions. The loss of any job is a tragedy, yet mainstream media often focuses on the “evil” firing of 300 workers from a struggling newspaper while overlooking the tens of thousands of employees let go by one of the wealthiest companies in the world.

Where is the outcry for the 30,000 forgotten employees? Is it merely considered business as usual? If that is the case, we should recognize that The Washington Post is also subject to the same corporate realities. After all, it is a business—just not a very profitable one.