#Bezos is wrong to think that this will protect him from #Trump's retribution. WashPo's reporting on Trump (like all accurate reporting on Trump) has consistently put him in a bad light and made Trump want to settle the score.
theverge.com/2024/10/25/242796…
Jeff Bezos reportedly killed the Washington Post’s Kamala Harris endorsement
WaPo reports that its billionaire owner intervened to cancel an editorial board endorsement that had already been written.Elizabeth Lopatto (The Verge)
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in reply to petersuber • • •Good response to #Bezos from @mmasnick:
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"This isn’t…about the decision not to publish an endorsement. The real issue is you stepping in as owner to block the endorsement at the perfect time to show that you capitulated in advance to an authoritarian bully who has attacked your business interests in the past & has indicated he has a plan to exact revenge on all who wronged him. The principled response to such threats is to continue doing good journalism & not back down."
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