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As Bill Clinton once said, "When ya see a turtle sittin' on a fencepost, it didn't get there by accident." https://t.co/fEykG8g7bm
— Jeff Smith (@JeffSmithMO) September 20, 2019
Fake consumer and "free market" groups funded by companies with long histories of crapping on both never gets old. https://t.co/7OcjGlHRCz
— Karl Bode (@KarlBode) September 20, 2019
This sort of thing is why it’s untenable for @savethenews not to disclose its funder.
— Joshua Benton (@jbenton) September 20, 2019
There are lots of people who want to go after Google and Facebook! And we deserve to know this funder’s motivation. https://t.co/ivEfxSlBSF
according to the @wsj "A ‘Grass-Roots’ Campaign to Take Down Amazon Is Funded by Amazon’s Biggest Rivals" - the next incarnation of FUD - try anything, as long as you do not have to compete on quality of products https://t.co/LUuGqFNkfV
— Werner Vogels (@Werner) September 20, 2019
I can't believe I actually have to say this: I am not funded by any person or organization to make fun of AWS.
— Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig) September 20, 2019
Now I'm thinking that maybe I'm the moron here for not sending a proposal. I could have been tweeting this from a yacht! https://t.co/uTpOIEDMf4
"All too often the enterprise seeking to erect a protective umbrella about itself will be tempted to try to subvert the antitrust authorities, Congress, and even the president's office as partners in its purpose."
— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) September 20, 2019
Baumol & Ordover 1985https://t.co/xgXuM0xL1c https://t.co/mPjzJwmVQR pic.twitter.com/lefnZJa38D
If you can’t compete with lower prices and better services, then secretly fund phony “grassroots” attack campaigns. #Ugly. https://t.co/ZyXBZp9dkT
— Jay Carney (@JayCarney) September 20, 2019
Full disclosure: all criticisms of Amazon coming from this here account are organic, home-grown, and totally pure. ?https://t.co/R3sxXWl7dH
— One Ring (doorbell) to surveil them all... (@hypervisible) September 22, 2019
A purported grass-roots campaign to take down Amazon is funded by some of its biggest rivals: Walmart, Oracle and mall giant Simon Property Group https://t.co/DN6dBrJrmD
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 22, 2019
When competition fails, competitors use another tactic to destroy markets even further: playing it dirty https://t.co/vut2E0JqKQ
— Jan Eeckhout (@jan_eeckhout) September 22, 2019
Report: Walmart and Oracle among secret funders behind ‘grassroots’ campaign to blast Amazon https://t.co/h5eR6PCfnl
— Taylor Soper (@Taylor_Soper) September 21, 2019
Fabulous story from my DC @wsj colleague @JamesVGrimaldi Bravo James! Great spade work. https://t.co/Dw07V8hbXo
— Francine McKenna (@retheauditors) September 22, 2019
LOL: “grassroots” anti-Amazon group was funded by Walmart, Oracle and Simon https://t.co/3Ysgt0SJYF
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) September 20, 2019
アマゾンの不正を告発するNPOに対してオラクル、ウォルマート、ショッピングモール大手などが秘密裏に資金提供をしていた、というアメリカっぽいニュースが https://t.co/IM6I5qu59x
— Atsushi Nakada (@Nakada_itpro) September 21, 2019
An interesting thing for an outsider about antitrust as political issue is that the pro-enforcement side is often very well funded. This makes the political economy of antitrust very different from, say, consumer protection https://t.co/DZcar9tOOq @ProfWrightGMU @mattyglesias
— David Schleicher (@ProfSchleich) September 20, 2019
If you can’t compete with lower prices and better services, then secretly fund phony “grassroots” attack campaigns. #Ugly. https://t.co/ZyXBZp9dkT
— Jay Carney (@JayCarney) September 20, 2019
according to the @wsj "A ‘Grass-Roots’ Campaign to Take Down Amazon Is Funded by Amazon’s Biggest Rivals" - the next incarnation of FUD - try anything, as long as you do not have to compete on quality of products https://t.co/LUuGqFNkfV
— Werner Vogels (@Werner) September 20, 2019
Amazon has a lot of critics. One is the Free and Fair Markets Initiative, which doesn’t disclose its funders. Here’s who is really behind the group: https://t.co/s0gdNf609M
— Bojan Tunguz (@tunguz) September 21, 2019
It appears a "grassroots" campaign attacking Amazon has been funded and run in secret jointly by Walmart, Oracle, and a big mall property owner. One wonders how often such dirty tricks happen but the perpetrators aren't caught.https://t.co/2fHMhYDn2e
— Perry E. Metzger (@perrymetzger) September 20, 2019
Amazon has a lot of critics. One is the Free and Fair Markets Initiative, which doesn’t disclose its funders. Here’s who is really behind the group: https://t.co/WtDk6oO5sQ via @WSJ
— Nancy Rommelmann (@NancyRomm) September 21, 2019
“The Free & Fair Markets Initiative appears to be little more than a well-oiled front group run by a high-priced public affairs firm and funded by self-interested parties with the sole objective of spreading misinformation about Amazon.” https://t.co/rX9g4yt5cg
— Dave Clark (@davehclark) September 20, 2019
The WSJ follows up on our reporting of a coordinated plot against Amazon, naming Oracle as a key player, with an interest in undermining the Pentagon's JEDI cloud contract. https://t.co/39FtFD9mFv via @WSJ
— Patrick Tucker (@DefTechPat) September 20, 2019
A ‘Grass-Roots’ Campaign to Take Down Amazon Is Funded by #Amazon’s Biggest Rivals https://t.co/ARQkYHJIn3 #Enterprise #Tech #Technology #TechTrends #EmergingTech #Innovation #Business #FutureOfWork #TechnologyNews #DigitalTransformation #TechNews
— Evan Kirstel at #Globalsummit19 (@evankirstel) September 21, 2019
'The creation of a group aimed solely at Amazon is an indication of the degree to which competing companies have coalesced to counter the growing and accumulated power of Amazon and how far competitors are increasingly willing to go to counter-strike.' https://t.co/9UU3psVq9K
— Jesse Felder (@jessefelder) September 20, 2019
A ‘Grass Roots’ Campaign to Take Down Amazon Is Funded by Amazon’s Biggest Rivals via @WSJ https://t.co/tPYiD8P5MN
— Jason Goldberg (@retailgeek) September 21, 2019
Walmart, Oracle and mall owner Simon Property Group are secret funders behind a nonprofit that has been highly critical of @Amazon https://t.co/QQP1JCvxxn via @WSJ
— Randy Barnett (@RandyEBarnett) September 20, 2019
“Grassroots” anti-Amazon nonprofit turns out to be retailer astroturfing #business #amazon https://t.co/xeNPLSDVUc
— Evan Kirstel at #Globalsummit19 (@evankirstel) September 21, 2019
“Grassroots” anti-Amazon nonprofit turns out to be retailer astroturfing | Ars Technica https://t.co/OJoZwUXZy9 pic.twitter.com/g4yNBeAOoO
— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) September 21, 2019
For anyone who thinks this ? sounds paranoid, read this...https://t.co/8qTk0hBFbH
— Enginerd32 (@timmerenginerd) September 20, 2019
Or the Wall Street Journal article it refers to. The FUD Campaign is real, folks. @bonnienorman @Tesla @Hein_The_Sayer @rhensing @annerajb @SteveHamel16 @AlterViggo @SpaceRangerDash
Walmart, Oracle, and mall-owner Simon behind “grassroots” anti-Amazon org https://t.co/7ZPrfPRZVo pic.twitter.com/AzlIbYZZmX
— Ace Computer (@Acecomputer5) September 20, 2019
$AMZN A ‘Grass Roots’ Campaign to Take Down Amazon Is Funded by Amazon’s Biggest Rivals - WSJ$WMT $ORCL $SPGhttps://t.co/LdzJ3DltfI
— Open Outcrier (@OpenOutcrier) September 23, 2019
Great reporting by @JamesVGrimaldi on that strange thing that is now an essential player in any big tech antitrust case: The "grass-roots" attack dog funded by rivals. https://t.co/P19jgXiApi
— Nicholas Hirst (@nicholashirst_) September 23, 2019
Amazon has a lot of critics. One is the Free and Fair Markets Initiative, which doesn’t disclose its funders. Here’s who is really behind the group: https://t.co/U1by0KFiob via @WSJ
— Stare Decisis (@MsResJudicata) September 22, 2019
Giant competitors fund “grassroots campaign“ against Amazon https://t.co/ingEFoHBUT
— David Boaz (@David_Boaz) September 23, 2019
Amazon has a lot of critics. One is the Free and Fair Markets Initiative, which doesn’t disclose its funders. Who is really behind the group? @Oracle, @Walmart and @SimonPropertyGp, the largest shopping-mall operator in the world. https://t.co/pkWUWYcNdP
— JamesVGrimaldi (@JamesVGrimaldi) September 20, 2019