The Washington Post is in deep turmoil as Bezos remains silent on non-endorsement | CNN Business
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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.
  • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    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.

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    4 days ago
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