I'm of two minds about this. On the one hand, I think there's a valid argument that traditional media is struggling to hold the attention of modern readers, and trust in news organizations is at all-time lows.<p>On the other hand, there has always been a solid separation between the editorial page and the newsroom of every major paper, just look at WSJ. WSJ has not endorsed a presidential candidate since 1928, but it's no secret that their editorial board is robustly conservative. The Post is clearly a left of center publication and their editorial board has opinions that they should be free to share. In a world where Musk has turned Twitter into a pay-to-play MAGA playpen, I don't think there is anything wrong with a newspaper *opinion section* providing a clear, well-articulated endorsement of a candidate based on their merits.
Bezos has clearly been taking steroids for a few years now, and I wonder if that's contributing to his apparent shift to the right. A similar thing seems to be happening with Zuckerberg, who, while not showing obvious signs of PED use, has shown signs of shifting right as he's been training MMA with UFC fighters.
Why is this flagged but the thread titled "Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris" with 1041 comments isn't? What am I missing?
> I sighed when I found out<p>Oh dearie dear, the trials and tribulations of 3rd wealthiest person in the world.<p>> I once wrote that The Post is a “complexifier” for me. It is, but it turns out I’m also a complexifier for The Post.<p>The only credible response to this would be, "Therefore, I'm going to sell The Post."
There are so many official lies that you cant have big news outlets anymore. Almost everyone is tired of at least one of the lies but if you are honest about all of if the news outlet wont survive.
The time to withdraw from editorial recommendations was 2 years ago. Doing it at this stage in the electoral cycle is Comey on Hillary: The "I am not intervening" which is de-facto a massive intervention.<p>I don't think Bezos comes out of this very well frankly.