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Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris

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Re: Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris

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Post by coldpie »

Devasta wrote: post #2

A cowards way of endorsing Trump, to be honest.

Regardless of its impact on the election, this decision ends the Washington Post a serious news organization. Prior to this, you could reasonably trust it as a decent source, if questionable on tech & Amazon stories due to the ownership bias. After this, it's clear that Bezos purchased it with intent to push his own views. It's no longer a reliable source for news, it's just a mouthpiece for Amazon & Bezos's other companies.

Sad to see an important newspaper die in this way. I hope the people that do good work there are able to find new employment.

Re: Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris

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Post by briandear »

coldpie wrote: post #3
Devasta wrote: post #2

A cowards way of endorsing Trump, to be honest.

Regardless of its impact on the election, this decision ends the Washington Post a serious news organization. Prior to this, you could reasonably trust it as a decent source, if questionable on tech & Amazon stories due to the ownership bias. After this, it's clear that Bezos purchased it with intent to push his own views. It's no longer a reliable source for news, it's just a mouthpiece for Amazon & Bezos's other co…

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Re: Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris

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Post by dr_ »

belter wrote: post #4
Devasta wrote: post #2

A cowards way of endorsing Trump, to be honest.

At this point it's just tax optimization...

or perhaps because Blue Origin hopes to do business with the Government? Just a thought. A non issue for the NYTimes but for the owners of WaPo and LA Times…

Re: Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris

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Post by croes »

legitster wrote: post #9

There's an irony here, the WaPo news room has become quite political in the last decade. But the editorial board has decided to be apolitical. Everything is backwards.

Did they?

> An endorsement of Harris had been drafted by Post editorial page staffers but had yet to be published, according to two sources briefed on the sequence of events who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. The decision not to publish was made by The Post’s owner — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — according to the same sources.

Seems it’s just Bezos

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