"Their billionaire owners [of Los Angeles Times and Washington Post] are Trump enablers. ...

The only credible explanation I can think of is that the Post’s billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, doesn’t want to raise the ire of Donald Trump, should Trump become president — especially now that Trump has declared his intention to punish his opponents."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos
/9

robertreich.substack.com/p/cow…

Cowardice and intimidation at The Washington Post and L.A. Times

Their billionaire owners are Trump enablers

^{Robert Reich}

"Bezos’s other businesses have many federal government contracts, and his largest — Amazon — is the current target of a federal antitrust suit.

Assuming this is the explanation, it stinks. It undermines the credibility of one of our leading newspapers."

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos
/10

"We are come to a juncture in America where, as in the first Gilded Age, enormous wealth is lodged in a very few hands — hands that are now either actively supporting Trump (such as Elon Musk) or afraid to come out against him for fear he’ll wreak vengeance on them if they do."

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos
/11

"For decades, the business lobby fundamentally moderated the nation’s immigration debate. But in the age of Trump, fearful of advocating publicly on this issue, they’ve largely prioritized other things like corporate tax cuts and deregulation."

~ Eli Hager

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #EconomicElites #SuperRich #immigration #TaxCuts #deregulation
/12

propublica.org/article/busines…

The Business Lobby Once Fought for Immigration Reform. What Happened?

^ProPublica

"It is not hard to guess why Bezos and Soon-Shiong made these decisions. Both are billionaires whose other businesses could be hurt by people who conflate their papers’ editorials with the two men’s own opinions. And both are hedging against the chance of Donald Trump winning the election, since he will surely turn his vengeance on those who opposed him."

~ Judd Legum

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #EconomicElites #SuperRich #immigration #TaxCuts
/13

wonkette.com/p/thanks-for-all-…

Thanks For All These New Wonkette Subscribers, Jeff Bezos Of The Washington Post!

And LA Times, shame on you too!

^{Gary Legum (Wonkette)}

"This is a dark day in American journalism. Both papers [Los Angeles Times and Washington Post] have made clear their disdain and disrespect for Donald Trump and published numerous columns on their editorial pages calling him unfit to serve. The refusal of the Washington Post and LA Times to publish editorials endorsing Kamala Harris at this point is nothing but chickenshit."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #LosAngelesTimes #media
/14

luciantruscott.substack.com/p/…

The Washington Post and LA Times have already told us what they think about Donald Trump.

This is a dark day for American Journalism.

^{Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)}

"Los Angeles Times editorial page editor Mariel Garza, along with journalists Robert Greene and Karin Klein, resigned from the paper after its decision not to endorse Harris, and nearly 2,000 readers canceled their subscriptions."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #fascism #LosAngelesTimes #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos
/15

heathercoxrichardson.substack.…

October 25, 2024

A bombshell story last night from the Wall Street Journal reported that billionaire Elon Musk, one of the richest men in the world, who is backing the election of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump with a daily million-dollar sweepstakes …

^{Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)}

"The Washington Post, too, has seen about 2,000 subscribers bow out, and fourteen of the newspaper’s columnists called the decision not to condemn Trump’s threats to the 'freedom of the press and the values of the Constitution' 'a terrible mistake.' Cartoonist Ann Telnaes published a blacked-out square, playing on the Post’s motto that democracy dies in darkness."

#Trump #fascism #LosAngelesTimes #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos
/16

"William Lewis is a liar who apparently believes the American people are stupid. As Santiago Mayor (@SSantiagoMayor) said on Twitter, 'Funny how no newspaper had an issue with their editorial boards calling on Biden to withdraw.'”

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #fascism #LosAngelesTimes #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #WillLewis
/17

roberthubbell.substack.com/p/n…

Neutrality in the face of fascism is cowardice

October 26, 2024

^{Robert B. Hubbell (Today's Edition Newsletter)}

"On the same day that Bezos ordered WaPo not to endorse Kamala Harris (which the Editorial Board was prepared to do), Trump met with representatives of Bezos’ struggling space flight company, Blue Origin."

#Trump #fascism #LosAngelesTimes #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #WillLewis #EconomicElites #CorporateLeaders
/18

The future #JeffBezos is envisioning doesn’t only have #HitlersGenerals but #GoebbelsNewspapers.

#WashingtonPost #Amazon

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)}

Betsy Reed, editor of The Guardian US, speaks out about the craven refusal of both Los Angeles Times and Washington Post to endorse Kamala Harris in the election — that is, to reject fascism:

"It has never been clearer that media ownership matters to democracy."

That's it in a nutshell. As long as fascism is good for business elites and rich men, bring it on…. That's what these beyond shameful media outlets are saying.

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost
/1

democraticunderground.com/1002…

On the Washington Post and LA Times -- from The Guardian

^{www.democraticunderground.com}

There are better options out there! No more billionaire supported media!

#WaPo
#WashingtonPost
#JeffBezos
#FascismArrives
#DemocracyDiesInDarkness
#EatTheRich

Jeff Bezos deserves to be bankrupted—selling out democracy to protect his wealth. Disgusting.

#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #WaPo #Journalism #FreePress #BoycottAmazon #USPol

Oh, I found this:

"In the 24 hours ending Friday afternoon, about 2,000 subscribers canceled their subscriptions, an unusually high number, an employee said. Another person who had seen the numbers downplayed them, saying the rate of cancellation Friday was 'not statistically significant'."

You guys know what to do. Let's make this "statistically significant".

semafor.com/article/10/25/2024…

#WP #WashingtonPost

Editor resigns, subscribers cancel as Washington Post non-endorsement prompts crisis at Bezos paper | Semafor

The Washington Post says it is returning to an earlier tradition of not endorsing.

^{Max Tani (www.semafor.com)}

Voting with your wallet is one of the few tools we have left.

Grow a spine Bezos. "Democracy Dies in Darkness" is the slogan of the paper you bought. Now you've killed it.

(I wonder how many people cancelled today? Judging by my feed, it's not a small number.)

#WashingtonPost #Bezos #WP

Should you need more motivation to VOTE NOW, should you not be ANGRY ENOUGH with the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times for FAILURE TO ENDORSE when one side is a FASCIST, if you're not pissed off enough by what Republicans have done, are doing, and will do in the future, win or lose, have I got a video for you!

youtube.com/watch?v=HRo69ll3KH…

#Emptywheel #NicoleSandler #USpolitics #Election2024 #WashingtonPost #LosAngelesTimes #fascism #Vote #VoteNow #VoteBlue #VoteEarly #HarrisWalz2024

so the #LosAngelesTimes owner #PatrickSoonShiong killed its endorsement of #Harris. #Editorial Chief #MarielGarza and others quit in protest

now:

"#JeffBezos killed #WashingtonPost endorsement of Kamala Harris, paper reports"

question: what do people think of parasite #plutocracy controlling the "#freepress"?

this is a step in the march to #fascism

cnbc.com/2024/10/25/jeff-bezos…

#election2024

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

The Washington Post planned to endorse Kamala Harris over Donald Trump before owner Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, decided again it, the newspaper reported.

^{Dan Mangan (CNBC)}

Bezos did it. #WashingtonPost #billionaires

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

cnbc.com/2024/10/25/jeff-bezos…

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

The Washington Post planned to endorse Kamala Harris over Donald Trump before owner Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, decided again it, the newspaper reported.

^{Dan Mangan (CNBC)}

The publisher for the Washington Post says the storied paper will not endorse a candidate for president for the first time in 36 years, and that it does not intend to endorse candidates in future races. The move has prompted outcry from employees of the Post, including its former Executive Editor Martin Baron, as well as others in the media industry. “This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty,” Baron tells @npr. Read more:

flip.it/xVXGY_

#Media #Election #WashingtonPost #Endorsement #Democracy