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Crickets on Amazon "sweatshop" death

This week’s revelations on the website The Western Edge, about employees being urged to work around, and not help, a dying fellow worker at the Amazon warehouse in Troutdale, is apparently being ignored by the Portland media. It’s been a couple of days since the incident was publicized, and as far as I can tell, no established outlet in town has picked up the story.

Why is that? Either the accusations are true or they aren’t – but either way, they seem newsworthy. Maybe all the assignment editors were too busy watching the Blazer game – a Prime Video exclusive.

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  1. AnonymousApril 15, 2026 at 6:58 AM

    I did find an article on Mashable India...and there's one on Techcrunch.
    Apparently it's not just the Portland 'news' media that lets their advertisers' wishes dictate their coverage.
    Didn't find any mention about it from electeds, either. Go figure. Follow The Money.
    Thanks for the heads-up, I would have assumed this story would be all-over the media.

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  2. AnonymousApril 15, 2026 at 11:24 AM

    They're probably not joining the circus because the astory comes from a very new Substack publication that is eagerly shopping for readers and the Big Story...which every competent editor would want to keep in mind before committting to following the story. Just sayin'...

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  3. BeanApril 15, 2026 at 11:28 AM

    I'm starting to wonder whether it's real myself. But I'm with you, it's definitely worth investigating.

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  4. Jack BogdanskiApril 15, 2026 at 3:03 PM

    There are stories on the web today (none of them from Portland media) in which Amazon admits the death but denies that workers were hindered from helping or that work continued while the person lay dying.

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