Thursday, January 29, 2026

Amazon's Promotion of 'Melania' Has Critics Questioning

The tech giant is spending $35 million to promote its film about the first lady, far more than is typical for documentaries.

Comments

From the Times' comments section: "The best line I've heard so far: 'If they showed it on an airplane, viewers would still walk out.'"

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2026-01-29 09:14 AM

From the Times' comments section: "The best line I've heard so far: 'If they showed it on an airplane, viewers would still walk out.'"

What do these people expect? Did they really expect a documentary on a nude model/sex worker gold digger turned First Lady with zero accomplishments other than a few plagiarism scandals to be of interest to people struggling to put food on the table and keep the roof over their heads?

She's a wholly unremarkable person given the massive opportunities she's been afforded to be something special.

#2 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-29 09:54 AM

Bezos is a whore.
Billionaires have no right to exist

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-29 10:40 AM

#3 Ingratitude is a Cardinal Sin

How about we start taxing the uber-wealthy who have, for the past 40 years, been able to dodge their financial responsibilities that provide them with a country that protects them and their money and their property?

Not to mention the fact that this country has given them, the uber-wealthy, a nation of publicly educated wage-earners who can afford to buy their products/services?

How about that?

Afterall, ingratitude is a Cardinal Sin.

#4 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-29 10:50 AM

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