Jeff Bezos Defends Decision to End Washington Post Endorsements

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“Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election,” Mr. Bezos wrote in an essay published on The Post’s website. He added: “What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence. Ending them is a principled decision, and it’s the right one.”

Jeff Bezos Defends Decision to End Washington Post Endorsements

Mr. Bezos, the newspaper’s owner, said that presidential endorsements “create a perception of bias” and that “my views here are, in fact, principled.”

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What a fucking pussy.

 

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"But at the time, the company said nothing about Mr. Bezos’ motivation for the decision. Some speculated that Mr. Bezos, the founder of Amazon, who has owned the paper since 2013, was trying to gain favor with a potential Trump administration. The paper’s editorial board had already drafted an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris.

 

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“Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election,” Mr. Bezos wrote in an essay published on The Post’s website. He added: “What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence. Ending them is a principled decision, and it’s the right one.”

Jeff Bezos Defends Decision to End Washington Post Endorsements

Mr. Bezos, the newspaper’s owner, said that presidential endorsements “create a perception of bias” and that “my views here are, in fact, principled.”

www.nytimes.com

What a fucking pussy.

He’s right. You should read
The NYTimes . The last couple of weeks it doesn’t come close to resembling news media.
It looks more like a poster filling JPP with spam.

 

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He’s right. You should read
The NYTimes . The last couple of weeks it doesn’t come close to resembling news media.
It looks more like a poster filling JPP with spam.

I read the NYTimes. So?

 

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Post columnists respond​

The Washington Post’s decision not to make an endorsement in the presidential campaign is a terrible mistake. It represents an abandonment of the fundamental editorial convictions of the newspaper that we love. This is a moment for the institution to be making clear its commitment to democratic values, the rule of law and international alliances, and the threat that Donald Trump poses to them — the precise points The Post made in endorsing Trump’s opponents in 2016 and 2020.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/25/post-columnist-no-endorsement-2024-trump-harris/