In January, liberal blogger Ezra Klein, formerly of the Washington Post, promised a “new way of delivering the news.” That “new way” is ready for launch, as announced by Klein and Slate’s Matt Yglesias, who will serve as executive editor of Vox:
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/442793559964389376
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/442793904979447808
Long live http://t.co/nMSjtCR7s9! Check out our launch video here: http://t.co/f1mrPuaSey
— Vox (@voxdotcom) March 9, 2014
The best part?
https://twitter.com/kendall/status/442794215320604672
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/442801892184571904
The launch sponsor is General Electric. Both Klein and Yglesias have blasted a system that offers corporations like G.E. major tax loopholes. But if the surplus is invested in the “proper” venture, apparently they’re willing to look the other way.
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/442799515264098304
https://twitter.com/putneydm/status/442803785543725056
—–> .@ezraklein's http://t.co/KCjA6M2oCj is sponsored by GE. Remember Jeff Immelt, Obama's JOBS Czar? Yeah, that was a winner!
— KRenner (@KRenner2) March 9, 2014
Recommended
https://twitter.com/kevkevkevkevin/status/442798521586941952
http://t.co/kVVwaoo7sa. New media. Breaking all the rulez, yo! (Sponsored by GE) translation- nothing's different, just spun differently.
— Rex Harrison as Abraham Lincoln (@mrcalvin) March 9, 2014
Yglesias also used General Electric as an example of “terrible” corporate behavior in a December column titled “Dividends are Evil.”