Democracy Dies in Darkness

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with the Bezo decision. 50% of the country supports Trump. 50% of the country hates trump. The country is so divided right now, but the media should not be. Newspapers are suppose to offer facts. Yes, there is the opinion section but this should also offer a variety of different perspectives, not be a supporter of one party or one candidate.

The endorsement was going to be literally in the opinion section, by the editorial board.

When is the last time you read a newspaper?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is what it feels like when the pendulum starts coming back.

Democratic traditions and norms are destroyed? Free press is suppressed?

I think you mean this is what it feels like when fascism starts to take hold.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible he thinks she’s an idiot and not worthy of an endorsement?

Even if that were remotely possible instead of a maga talking point, it wouldn’t matter. He promised he wouldn’t interfere with editorial decisions when he bought the paper. And he interfered and substituted his whims (and economic interests) for professional journalists.

I hear you. But the paper was hemorrhaging subscribers before he got there because of bad editorial decisions and biased reporting. And he’s given the reporters a long leash since he bought it. But at the end of the day he needs to keep the paper economically viable.

Does he? Why does he need to do that? It lost $100 million a couple of years ago. He's worth $200 billion. He could afford to subsidize those kinds of losses for a long, long time.

You don’t make $200B by making bad business decisions.

Maybe when you have more money than any human being could possibly need, you should start prioritizing making moral decisions over making even more money.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please comment on Jeff Bezos' article in WaPo!

He has a drivel of an article which doesn't actually explain why he changed long-standing endorsement tradition at the last minute before a consequential election.

Gift article:
https://wapo.st/3NKRzHc

Just did. It's a great response. He's not wrong -- media should not endorse candidates.

Editors are people, and they have opinions, which is what this traditionally is: the opinion of the editors published in the Opinion section. Wouldn't you rather know the opinion of the editor of your paper? Doesn't it make you suspicious that power and money are suppressing these opinions and not letting the editors speak their minds in the Opinion pages?

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Anonymous wrote:Please comment on Jeff Bezos' article in WaPo!

He has a drivel of an article which doesn't actually explain why he changed long-standing endorsement tradition at the last minute before a consequential election.

Gift article:
https://wapo.st/3NKRzHc

Just did. It's a great response. He's not wrong -- media should not endorse candidates.

Editors are people, and they have opinions, which is what this traditionally is: the opinion of the editors published in the Opinion section. Wouldn't you rather know the opinion of the editor of your paper? Doesn't it make you suspicious that power and money are suppressing these opinions and not letting the editors speak their minds in the Opinion pages?

NP. I mean, come on, we know the opinion of the WaPo editors on Harris vs Trump. Have you ever read this paper? Every single day they tell us their opinion. The endorsement would have been a formality.

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How quick the people are to kiss the skirts of a perceived overlord. Eew

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Anonymous wrote:Please comment on Jeff Bezos' article in WaPo!

He has a drivel of an article which doesn't actually explain why he changed long-standing endorsement tradition at the last minute before a consequential election.

Gift article:
https://wapo.st/3NKRzHc

Just did. It's a great response. He's not wrong -- media should not endorse candidates.

Editors are people, and they have opinions, which is what this traditionally is: the opinion of the editors published in the Opinion section. Wouldn't you rather know the opinion of the editor of your paper? Doesn't it make you suspicious that power and money are suppressing these opinions and not letting the editors speak their minds in the Opinion pages?

NP. I mean, come on, we know the opinion of the WaPo editors on Harris vs Trump. Have you ever read this paper? Every single day they tell us their opinion. The endorsement would have been a formality.

Yes, it would have been. Unlike cancellation of the endorsement, which is a further sign that the billionaires have too much power.

[Anonymous]

Funny, IMO, the media have too much power.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The masthead can't say democracy dies in darkness and then decide last minute that it isn't their job to endorse a candidate.

Guess who picked that motto for them, too -- hint, it's someone who published an op/ed last night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Funny, IMO, the media have too much power.

Like Fox News and Rupert Murdoch? Yes. Horrifying.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny, IMO, the media have too much power.

Like Fox News and Rupert Murdoch? Yes. Horrifying.

And Elon Musk. https://wapo.st/4fmNIvF

Billionaires also have too much power and most of the political mega donors are Republicans (despite the weird right focus on Soros). https://wapo.st/3YHylII

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Anonymous wrote:Funny, IMO, the media have too much power.

Like Fox News and Rupert Murdoch? Yes. Horrifying.

And Elon Musk. https://wapo.st/4fmNIvF

Billionaires also have too much power and most of the political mega donors are Republicans (despite the weird right focus on Soros). https://wapo.st/3YHylII

Every accusation is a confession.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bravo to Bezos. Part of his real challenge is that most of the reporters are young, Ivy or coastal educated progressives. They’ve been indoctrinated their entire lives into the progressive ideology. They literally have no idea how the other 50% of this country lives or thinks. The result has been a decade of predictable, unreadable pablum. Hopefully he targets graduates from the rural parts of this country in order to bring diverse voices to his paper.

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I find all of this "outrage" to be comical. Why should a newspaper - any paper - endorse a candidate? Seems the liberals who are so very upset about this want the WaPo to be just as biased as they're known to be. No thanks.

[Anonymous]

I’m appalled by the Bezos WaPo move. If Trump wins, I hope he disbands the Council and jails the hordes of uncivil criminals and public disorder makers. Silver lining.

[Anonymous]

Bezos will wish he had helped Harris when Musk and Trump destroy the economy and nobody buys anything during the few years of hardship Musk promised