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The good old “kiss of death” #endorsement from #JohnHoward. (works every time!)
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#Bezos ended the #WashingtonPost‘s decades-long tradition of presidential endorsements—& scrapped a planned #endorsement of #KamalaHarris—last fall, & he appeared alongside other #tech *leaders* [#technocrats / #oligarchs] at Trump’s inauguration…. He also donated $1M to #Trump’s inaugural cmte.
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[Video] #HarrisonFord issues #revenge #warning as #Hollywood #legend reveals #presidential #endorsement for #VicePresident #KamalaHarris.
“The truth is this, Kamala Harris will #protect your #right to #disagree with her about #policies or #ideas. “The other guy, he #demands #unquestioningloyalty, says he wants revenge.”
The Independent · Harrison Ford issues revenge warning as Hollywood legend reveals presidential endorsement
Harrison Ford Endorses Kamala Harris
Hmmm—how many newspapers were about to endorse Trump only to yank the endorsement at the last minute because their owner feared that Harris would retaliate against them like a perpetual three-year-old who never got over toilet training?
#WashingtonPost's #Opinion #Editor #DavidShipley #Blames #Billionaire #JeffBezos for #Endorsement #Drama, Tells #Staff They Can #Quit as Distraught #Journalists #Slam #Bezos for '#ConflictofInterest' and for 'Putting His Thumb on the Scale'
“Jeff Bezos was destroying the #newspaper’s #reputation as an "#independent #journalistic #organization"”
freebeacon.com · EXCLUSIVE: WaPo Opinion Editor David Shipley Blames Bezos for Endorsement Drama, Tells Staff They Can Quit as Distraught Journalists Slam Bezos for 'Conflict of Interest' and 'Thumb on the Scale'The Washington Post’s opinion editor privately blamed owner Jeff Bezos for barring the paper’s editorial board from publishing an endorsement of Kamala Harris, likening the decision to a "bomb" that "went off and now we are picking up the pieces," according to an audio recording of a tense and angry Monday editorial meeting. The recording was obtained and reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.
Finally, a newspaper with balls. The Seattle Times endorses Kamala Harris for president.
The Seattle Times · Hell yes! The Seattle Times edit board endorses Harris for president | Frank Blethen and Kate RileyAs one of the country’s very few family-owned and -operated metro newspapers left, The Seattle Times is also apparently one of the few willing to endorse presidential candidates, which the editorial board did on Sept. 1.
Attention Citizens:
All existing news outlets, celebrities, and living citizens continue to endorse Friend Computer for eternal Overseer of Humanity.
If you hear otherwise, please report it at once.
The #WashingtonPost has been rocked by a tidal wave of cancellations of digital #subscriptions & a series of #resignations from columnists, as the paper grapples w/the fallout of owner #Bezos’s decision to block an #endorsement of #KamalaHarris.
>200k people had canceled their digital subscriptions by midday Monday…. The figure represents about 8% of the paper’s paid circulation of 2.5M subscribers, which includes print as well.
#FourthEstate #democracy #journalism
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5168416/washington-post-bezos-endorsement-president-cancellations-resignations
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It came after additional discussion between #Bezos & the 2 #WashingtonPost leaders, Shipley & Lewis, who privately made a case not to abandon the tradition so close to an #election. The #editorial board had already drafted an #endorsement of VP #KamalaHarris, though Bezos did not read it before his decision, Lewis said in a statement on Saturday.
The decision by Bezos had been in the making for wks. It is not clear what motivated his final determination or its timing.
This is what a publication should do, unlike some other chicken shit ones.
Rolling Stone · Kamala Harris Is the Clear Choice for President
The idea for this article was a brilliant one, and the courage to actually write it is commendable:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/26/washington-post-endorses-kamala-harris-satire/
So I decided to send Alexandra Petri a few words of encouragement:
»Hi!
With this email, I want to say thank you and congratulate you for writing the #endorsement article.
I enjoyed reading it very much. Out of all the news bits and full length articles on the #election I read this year, yours stands out as it is as witty as it is true, it's personal and relatable, and it very obviously comes from the heart.
1/3
The Washington Post · It has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to endorse Harris for president
https://www.yahoo.com/news/extreme-danger-harris-earns-stunning-143857259.html?guccounter=1
“Extreme Danger”: #Harris Earns a Stunning #Endorsement Over #Trump
Edith Olmsted
..."“Some of us have lost many family members in #Gaza and #Lebanon. We respect those who feel they simply can’t vote for a member of the administration that sent the bombs that may have killed their loved ones,” the letter continued. “As we consider the full situation carefully, however, we conclude that voting for Kamala Harris is the best option for the #Palestinian "...
Yahoo News · “Extreme Danger”: Harris Earns a Stunning Endorsement Over Trump
CNN: The #WashingtonPost is in Deep Turmoil as Bezos Remains Silent on #NoEndorsement
#Billionaire #JeffBezos has so far declined to comment on the situation, even as his own paper's #Journalists reported that it was Bezos who ultimately spiked the planned #Endorsement.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/26/media/washington-post-jeff-bezos-endorsement-turmoil/
'Because of our oath, our commitment to duty, honor, and country, and because character matters, we the undersigned, endorse Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for President and Vice-President. This is not a partisan endorsement. It has nothing to do with “Red or Blue”, conservative, progressive, independent, or moderate affinities; it has everything to do with our obligations to a “more perfect union.”'
#WestPoint #endorsement #HarrrisWalz2024
https://concernedwestpointgrads.medium.com/character-matters-c5bb7abc7b25
Medium · Character matters. - United Members of the Long Gray Line - Medium
Bill McKibben: "We tell ourselves that if we would have money we would be brave.
Jeff Bezos has $204 billion and he’s a coward."
#WashingtonPost #media #endorsement #cowardice
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I cancelled my Washington Post subscription when the new CEO Matt Murray fired Sally Buzbee, the executive editor at the time, and tried to parachute a very dubious Robert Winnett from The Telegraph into the role. It was around Jun/July this year.
I know the newspaper would head in the wrong direction. I am proven right.
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“One person familiar w/the figures told Semafor that the decision already seemed to be impacting subscriptions. In the 24hrs ending Friday afternoon, about 2,000 subscribers canceled their subscriptions, an unusually high number, an employee said. Another email that the #WashingtonPost sent out to subscribers on Fri also prompted a flurry of complaints from readers about the paper’s lack of an #endorsement.”
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence #WaPo
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/25/2024/editor-resign-subscribers-cancel-as-washington-post-non-endorsement-prompts-crisis-at-bezos-paper
www.semafor.com · Editor resigns, subscribers cancel as Washington Post non-endorsement prompts crisis at Bezos paper | Semafor
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Maraniss, who also served as The #WashingtonPost’s lead reporter during Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, has provided an excoriating statement to the Daily Beast after #JeffBezos’ decision was confirmed by #WillLewis, the paper’s disempowered CEO.
Two sources told #WaPo’s reporters that #Bezos personally rejected an #endorsement of #KamalaHarris drafted by the paper’s editorial page staffers.
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Top #Editors Eviscerate #JeffBezos’ Decision to Kill #WaPo Endorsement
David Maraniss, an associate editor at The #WashingtonPost – whose coverage of Bill Clinton at the paper won him the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting – has spoken for many in The Post’s newsroom over #Bezos’ decision to kill an #endorsement of #KamalaHarris for president.
#democracy #FourthEstate #journalism #media #acquiescence
https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-editors-eviscerate-jeff-bezos-decision-to-kill-washington-post-kamala-harris-endorsement/
The Daily Beast · Top Editors Eviscerate Jeff Bezos’ Decision to Kill WaPo Endorsement