Jeff Bezos criticised over ‘tone-deaf comment’ thanking Amazon workers

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has completed a ten-minute journey into space on a Blue Origin rocket in a move which is “one step along the path to space tourism,” according to Sky News contributor Michael Ware. “This is space tourism for a purpose, the space tourism is all part of a much larger project by Jeff Bezos to build the massive rockets that are required for interplanetary travel,” he told Sky News Australia. Mr Ware said the Blue Origin flight broke a number of records – sending the oldest and youngest people in space. Mr Ware also pointed out a controversy after Mr Bezos thanked Amazon workers and shoppers for paying for him to go into space. “There’s certain segments of social media that have lit up with criticism of what you rightly describe as a tone-deaf comment,” he said. “It is true, it’s all those people who slave away for Amazon who have made this possible and I could go through a litany of the complaints and accusations about the work practices at Amazon.” Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au