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Bob Woodward Saddened by ‘Washington Post’ Sale to Jeff Bezos

Sale of the Century

The sale of ‘The Washington Post’ to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has stunned the paper’s old guard.

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If Hell froze over, pigs took wing, sheep fell from the sky, and snow blanketed Hawaii, it still wouldn’t be as astonishing as Monday’s announcement that the storied Graham family is selling The Washington Post to a billionaire online-retailing entrepreneur.

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