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Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election,
We also see it as a statement in support of our readers’ ability to make up their own minds on this, the most consequential of American decisions — whom to vote for as the next president,
We respect the traditional independence of the editorial page, but this decision 11 days out from the 2024 presidential election ignores the Washington Post’s own overwhelming reportorial evidence on the threat Donald Trump poses to democracy,
the men wrote in a statement We must work harder to control what we can control to increase our credibility,
Trump waited to make sure that Bezos did what he said he was going to do, and then met with the Blue Origin people,
While I do not and will not push my personal interest, I will also not allow this paper to stay on autopilot and fade into irrelevance--overtaken by unresearched podcasts and social media barbs—not without a fight...Now more than ever the world needs a credible, trusted, independent voice, and where better for that voice to originate than the capital city of the most important country in the world?"
Bezos concluded in his op-ed I am unsubscribing after 70 years,
wrote one commenter, claiming to have lost hope and belief that the Post would publish the truth I wish we had made the change earlier than we did, in a moment further from the election and the emotions around it. That was inadequate planning, and not some intentional strategy,
Jeff Bezos stood behind us all the way. He endured a lot of pressure from Donald Trump, and Trump threatened his business, Amazon, and all of that. And he didn’t bend at all,
Most people believe the media is biased. Anyone who doesn’t see this is paying scant attention to reality, and those who fight reality lose,
Bezos, one of the world’s richest men, said I'm going with Newspaper A's endorsement." None,
No undecided voters in Pennsylvania are going to say ... Bezos wrote We must be accurate, and we must be believed to be accurate. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but we are failing on the second requirement,
There is no connection between it and our decision on presidential endorsements, and any suggestion otherwise is false."
Bezos denied there was any "quid pro quo" that motivated the decision and insisted the meeting the boss of his company Blue Origin had with former President Trump, Our profession is now the least trusted of all. Something we are doing is clearly not working."
Bezos began the piece Monday by citing a Gallup poll showing Americans losing trust in the media, even falling below Congress, telling readers Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election. No undecided voters in Pennsylvania are going to say, 'I’m going with Newspaper A’s endorsement.' None. 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,
Bezos wrote in a nine-paragraph article published on the Post's website Monday night I believe we face a very real threat of autocracy in the candidacy of Donald Trump,
contributing editor David Hoffman wrote in a resignation letter to David Shipley, the editor of the editorial page Dave Limp, the chief executive of one of my companies, Blue Origin, met with former president Donald Trump on the day of our announcement,
The Post has been emphasising that Donald Trump is a threat to democracy,
What this newsroom does is supported up to the very top of this company.”
But, seeking to reassure newsroom employees, he said I sighed when I found out, because I knew it would provide ammunition to those who would like to frame this as anything other than a principled decision,
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