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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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  5. AnonymousApril 16, 2026 at 11:59 AM

    No halfway competent editor would pick up this badly-sourced and rather iffy story, absent independent sources that will back up the story. This is from a new Substack, with its two authors hot to make some ink--reason enough to tread carefully. One question no one wants to answer: how could untrained co-workers "help" the guy? As any medical professional knows, amateurs "helping" can really mess up a victim.

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    1. Jack BogdanskiApril 16, 2026 at 1:50 PM

      As they also know, two people who know CPR are much better than one. As for the media, if you could get a disgruntled employee to talk, I think you could win a local journalism prize or two. At least.

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