Elections Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris, paper reports

[HOLA]

• The Washington Post will not endorse a candidate in the presidential election for the first time since 1976.
• The newspaper ran an article by two staff reporters saying that editorial page staffers had drafted an endorsement of Kamala Harris over Donald Trump in the election.
• “The decision not to publish was made by The Post’s owner — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos,” The Post reported, citing two sources briefed on the events.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/25/jeff-bezos-killed-washington-post-endorsement-of-kamala-harris-.html

Similar situation with the LA Times. Their billionaire owner blocked a Harris endorsement:

Patrick Soon-Shiong: the billionaire LA Times owner who blocked Harris endorsement

Biotech tycoon’s decision to refuse to allow presidential endorsement led to resignations and subscribers’ revolt

www.theguardian.com

 

[Rational Poster]

But I thought the democrats control the media

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Damn, Prime membership benefits are really gearing towards my wants

 

[Fox by the Sea]

it's over.

 

[HOLA]

But I thought the democrats control the media

Yes, I've been told on here multiple times that Jeff Bezos, the union busting plutocrat, was actually a Marxist, and he became involved in The Washington Post to spread his ideology. Something is not adding up here.

 

[filthybliss]

I thought suppression of speech was only a democrat thing. Trumpanzees like @Scerpi Derpy surely should be bothered by this since they are terminally concerned about the Nazis getting censored off social media pages.

 

[TheGreatA]

It could be that they've come to see these types of endorsements as counter-productive. MSM endorsement of his political opponents, only fueled the narrative that Trump is some sort of anti-establishment candidate.

 

[filthybliss]

It could be that they've come to see these types of endorsements as counter-productive. MSM endorsement of his political opponents, only fueled the narrative that Trump is some sort of anti-establishment candidate.

You are aware that Elon Musk a.k.a the richest man on the planet is balls deep in Trump's campaign right?

I don't get why people can't see it. "The Media" wants Trump to win obviously. Why wouldn't they want their corporate tax cuts, an easy way to mine content, and less accountability for their operations?

 

[Jack V Savage]

I thought suppression of speech was only a democrat thing. Trumpanzees like @Scerpi Derpy surely should be bothered by this since they are terminally concerned about the Nazis getting censored off social media pages for providing gods truth to the world.

Not to mention that this could be about Trump costing Amazon a $10B deal in retaliation against WaPo coverage, which itself is a bigger violation of freedom of speech than anything we've seen recently.

 

[D3thr0n3d K1ng]

The oligarchy going all out.

 

[Vergilius]

I thought suppression of speech was only a democrat thing. Trumpanzees like @Scerpi Derpy surely should be bothered by this since they are terminally concerned about the Nazis getting censored off social media pages.

TBF, deciding that a newspaper you own shouldn't run an official endorsement isn't supressing free speech in an of itself.

 

[HOLA]

This article has not aged well:

“He's been incredibly respectful.” This is true: He has kept his hands off the Post's news coverage, even when it dinged Amazon, even when it stung him personally. But some staffers now believe that he was too hands-off for his and the paper's own good—his attention elsewhere while the executives he'd selected flailed.

The Real Story of the Crisis at The Washington Post

How the world’s greatest businessman drove his newspaper into a ditch

www.theatlantic.com

 

[HOLA]

Not to mention that this could be about Trump costing Amazon a $10B deal in retaliation against WaPo coverage, which itself is a bigger violation of freedom of speech than anything we've seen recently.

 

[filthybliss]

TBF, deciding that a newspaper you own shouldn't run an official endorsement isn't supressing free speech in an of itself.

Blocking people from writing about their opinions is not suppressing speech now? Gotcha

 

[Andy Capp]

You are aware that Elon Musk a.k.a the richest man on the planet is balls deep in Trump's campaign right?

I don't get why people can't see it. "The Media" wants Trump to win obviously. Why wouldn't they want their corporate tax cuts, an easy way to mine content, and less accountability for their operations?

Not only that, it was reported today that Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for some time now. What a surprise, eh? SMH

 

[Andy Capp]

Blocking people from writing about their opinions is not suppressing speech now? Gotcha

Indeed, there's just a distinction between legal and illegal suppression. Publishers have the final say in what gets published if they want to. Nothing illegal about it but it's still wrong.

 

[CantCucktheTuck]

But I thought the democrats control the media

Imagine being such a national embarrassment for Democrats that Jeff Bezos won't endorse you.

 

[Sinister]

And we're not going to see a mega- thread on all the Trump efforts of censorship started by a "free speech absolutist" around here anytime soon. Not the pressuring of Twitter, not the threats against news networks, and definitely not this.

 

[Madmick]

I'll say the same thing I said in the other thread. Does anyone really care what candidate any newspaper endorses? Is anyone's vote swayed by these endorsements?

Mine certainly isn't. I have to believe it's been at least 30-40 years since newspaper endorsements had any kind of clout. Nobody cares what journalists think, anymore.

 

[My Spot]

I'll say the same thing I said in the other thread. Does anyone really care what candidate any newspaper endorses? Is anyone's vote swayed by these endorsements?

Mine certainly isn't. I have to believe it's been at least 30-40 years since newspaper endorsements had any kind of clout. Nobody cares what journalists think, anymore.

But it's the Washington Post!