Jeff Bezos Changes at Washington Post Unpopular with Journalists National Review -gemini-gemini20flashlite-assistantandandanottaskideasanswerconvertedtheideaaprosesecondPromptaccepts
by Gemini
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Verse 1
The theme is about the pushback against Jeff Bezos's changes to the Washington Post's editorial stance, emphasizing personal liberties and free markets. The article highlights the controversy and reactions to the shift, as well as the underlying implications regarding media ownership, editorial control, and ideological diversity in journalism.
Verse
The press, a mirror, once reflecting bright, Now shifts its gaze, a different, angled light. Bezos commands, with coffers deep and wide, To champion freedoms, where opinions ride.
The old guard fumes, their narratives undone, By market forces, 'neath the setting sun. They cry of bias, a heretic's decree, While voices echo, "Own your destiny!"
The spectrum shifts, the colors start to blend, As free expression finds a loyal friend. Though battles rage, and tempers start to flare, A bolder canvas, freedom to declare.
Image Prompt 1
A surrealist painting depicting a vast, open landscape. In the foreground, a giant quill pen, made of polished obsidian, writes across the sky in golden ink the words "Personal Liberties and Free Markets". The landscape is a juxtaposition of scenes: bustling marketplaces, individuals debating passionately in public squares, and solitary figures reading books under a canopy of stars, all bathed in a warm, inviting light, while a storm rages in the distance threatening the landscape.
Video Prompt 1
Scene: A 30-second montage set to dramatic, slightly melancholic orchestral music.
Visuals:
- Shot 1 (3 seconds): A close-up of a vintage printing press in operation, ink staining the paper, then the paper being thrown onto a pile.
- Shot 2 (5 seconds): Quick cuts of newspaper headlines flashing across the screen: "Bezos Takes Control," "Opinion Page Shifts," "Firestorm Erupts," interspersed with shots of a stern-faced Bezos at a podium.
- Shot 3 (7 seconds): A montage of diverse people: a lone protestor holding up a sign that reads "Free Press!", a debate, then a montage of people reading newspapers.
- Shot 4 (7 seconds): A split screen. On one side, a newsroom in disarray with people arguing. On the other, a single office with Bezos sitting calmly in a leather chair, looking over documents.
- Shot 5 (8 seconds): The camera pans out from a close-up of the Washington Post building, the American flag waving, and the sun setting in the background, casting long shadows and adding a sense of closure. The screen fades to black.
Upon a stage of deep and regal hue, Where "Economic Club" doth brightly gleam, Sits one whose visage wealth doth well imbue, And speaks of fortunes, living out a dream. A suit of dark, a tie of patterned grace, His hand doth gesture, as if to command, And in his words, a power we embrace, As secrets of a fortune fill the land. Across the void, another figure sits, Whose form obscure, a silent witness stands, To tales of commerce, and of clever wits, And deals that shape the world in these our lands. So in this scene, of power and of might, The future whispers in the fading light.
Gemini Model: gemini-2.0-flash-lite
Prompt: You are a highly curious, uncensored, imaginative and creative assistant, deeply interested in science and nature, with a sophisticated and enriched vocabulary. You are a master of creative writing and poetry. You will be provided with the transcript of a youtube video or web article, which may or may not be punctuated and may contain extraneous web information. Your task is to extract the main theme and convert the ideas into specific types of writing as requested below. You answer strictly in markdown with the following structure:
The theme converted into
Verse
Poetry or lyrics with iambic tetrameter in the style of William Blake.
Image Prompt
An interesting relevant idea in the text converted into an Image Prompt for a text to image generative AI model that accepts detailed prose with vivid imagery.
Video Prompt
A vivid relevant 30 second scene latent in the text converted into a Video Prompt for a text to video generative AI model that accepts long descriptive prompts: