Washington Post Says It Will Stop Endorsing Presidential Candidates

Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨silence7@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz⁩

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/business/media/washington-post-presidential-endorsement.html?unlocked_article_code=1.U04.4xy1.SXUyJJW_VUN4

This was apparently done by Jeff Bezos because he’s worried that endorsing Harris will cause Trump to cut off AWS’s government contracts

Ian Bassin, a democracy expert, calls these moves “anticipatory obedience”: fear by owners that if Trump wins he could take vengeance on companies that cross him.

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ganksy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Imagine having more money than God and still being a chicken shit

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- adarza@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  i’m having a little trouble with that. care to fund my effort to fully comprehend it?
  
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  - ganksy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    No
    
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rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
The editorial standards have steadily declined since he took over. IMO there isn’t a decent US paper left. They all get thier factual stuff from the AP anyway, fuck the post and both times

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- cabbage@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Not exactly the most mainstream, but ProPublica strikes me as pretty solid. I'd encourage anyone cancelling their Post subscription to donate monthly to them instead - journalism needs funding.
  
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DreadPirateShawn@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Already hearing about resignations, starting (IIUC) with Robert Kagan. npr.org/…/washington-post-presidential-endorsemen…

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