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The Washington Post Would Like to Sell You Some "Riveting Storytelling"

As Trump prepares to return to office, Jeff Bezos's paper is embracing corporate buzzwords.

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This week, The Washington Post unveiled its new internal mission statement: "Riveting Storytelling for All of America." If that sounds like something generated by an AI trained exclusively on LinkedIn posts and marketing textbooks... well, just wait until you hear about the PowerPoint deck behind it.

According to The New York Times, Post chief strategy o…

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