By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-27 05:19:52 | Updated at 2024-10-27 07:22:14
2 hours ago
The Washington Post is in deep turmoil as Bezos remains silent on non-endorsement
CNN ^ | Oct 26, 2024 | Hadas Gold, CNN
Posted on 10/26/2024 10:18:49 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
One day after The Washington Post announced it would not endorse a presidential candidate in this year’s election or in the future, its billionaire owner remains silent as the newspaper’s staff are in turmoil.
Jeff Bezos has so far declined to comment on the situation, even as his own paper’s journalists reported that it was Bezos who ultimately spiked the planned endorsement. A source with knowledge told CNN on Friday that an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris had been drafted before it was squashed.
In the last 24 hours, at least one editor has resigned, and high-profile Post staffers have publicly expressed their dismay as many in the paper’s Opinion section are furious over how the situation was handled.
For many current and former staffers of the venerable newspaper, the timing of the announcement was highly suspect and has led them to believe Bezos’s business interests influenced the decision.
Former Post executive editor Marty Baron, who led the paper under Bezos during the first Trump administration called the decision an act of “cowardice.”
“To declare a moment of high principle, only 11 days before the election that is just highly suspect that is just not to be believed that this was a matter of principle at this point,” Baron told CNN’s Michael Smerconish on Saturday morning.
Trump has threatened Bezos “continually,” Baron noted. But when Baron was in charge of the newspaper, Bezos “resisted that pressure” and he was “proud” and “grateful” for that leadership.
“Bezos has other commercial interests, a big stake and Amazon, he has a space company called Blue Origin,” Baron said. “Trump has threatened to pursue his political enemies and he rewards his friends and he punishes his perceived political and think there’s no other explanation for what’s happening right now.”
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: clintonnonnews; cnn; districtofcolumbia; endorsement; hadasgold; jeffbezos; mediaendorsement; spin; trump; wapoendorsement; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
Dear FRiends, Our FReepathon Status:
For the time being, we will not be able to accept credit card donations, but our PayPal system still works, and of course mail-in donations still work fine.
By the way, it seems you don't need to have a PayPal account to use this feature. You can also donate by debit or credit card on the PayPal page.
Click here to donate by PayPal or credit/debit card
Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794
Thank you all very much, and God Bless you.
Jim and Chris
The compost should 1st answer "Has the Washinton Post been impartial in its reporting of Harris vrs Trump?"
If the answer is "No", then it is a given they are an advocate of Harris instead of News organization.
Which is exactly what all conservatives know.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
