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.
there’s no other explanation for what’s happening right now.”
I’m always leery of this sort of rhetoric, though I understand that strong emotions tend to being it out. One possibility that popped into my head is he wants to try to rebuild a relationship with the cadre of people that whine about mainstream media. I kinda doubt it, but it’s possible. Bezos is both a long-term and strategically minded fellow. If it were the case, though, he wouldn’t be able to admit it, that would undermine the whole point.
edit: I’ll note, the number of people that would be swayed by a national newspaper endorsement is exactly zero. Everyone who would care is a news consumer of some sort, and thus would already have an opinion. That influences the cost/benefit.
I’m always leery of this sort of rhetoric, though I understand that strong emotions tend to being it out. One possibility that popped into my head is he wants to try to rebuild a relationship with the cadre of people that whine about mainstream media. I kinda doubt it, but it’s possible. Bezos is both a long-term and strategically minded fellow. If it were the case, though, he wouldn’t be able to admit it, that would undermine the whole point.
edit: I’ll note, the number of people that would be swayed by a national newspaper endorsement is exactly zero. Everyone who would care is a news consumer of some sort, and thus would already have an opinion. That influences the cost/benefit.