>WaPo reporter and editor doesn't check in with Bezos before a story goes to print.

Reporters are at the bottom of the list, there is a pile of middle and upper management that does all this work for Bezos without his need to keep an eye on it.

All it takes is one phone call from him saying they need to be careful around a topic and that's it. Funds dry up for investigations into that topic.

Now, I never said 'throw away' journalism, I said to ensure you understand the bias of the paper in question. Just because WaPo isn't reporting on Bezos doesn't mean there isn't anything to report on said guy.