Washington Post Accepts then Rejects Anti-Elon Musk Advertisement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am troubled by this but I'm keeping my paid digital subscription.

There really isn't "free news".

If nobody on the Dem side pays for it, we're going to end up with more outlets similar to Fox News.

The Post has had a couple of good longer articles just in the last week that demonstrated to me that reporters there are still on the ball.

Woke-ism made "cancelling" cool. Now look where we are!

I hear you and absolutely respect the reporters. But I can't keep reading a newspaper where I know the leadership will do what it takes to protect Trump. They publish some stuff critical to him, but what will they hold back? Also I am generally just not giving money to Jeff Bezos because he's a POS (no, I don't use Amazon)

Since the Post is now losing like $100 million a year, the best way to stick it to Bezos is to make sure it stays in business and costs him money.

On this theory, we all should get daily print subsrciptions because I'm sure he takes a bath on those.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess some newspapers are bending to the will of their billionaire owners...

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/business/washington-post-ad-trump-musk.html

Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk
The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad, which would have covered the front and back pages of some Tuesday editions.

An advertisement that was set to run in some editions of The Washington Post on Tuesday calling for Elon Musk to be fired from his role in government was abruptly canceled, according to one of the advocacy groups that had ordered the ad.

Common Cause said it was told by the newspaper on Friday that the ad was being pulled. The full-page ad, known as a wraparound, would have covered the front and back pages of editions delivered to the White House, the Pentagon and Congress, and was planned in collaboration with the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund.

What is he supposed to be fired for again? Competence? What is the point of bullying him?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess some newspapers are bending to the will of their billionaire owners...

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/business/washington-post-ad-trump-musk.html

Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk
The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad, which would have covered the front and back pages of some Tuesday editions.

An advertisement that was set to run in some editions of The Washington Post on Tuesday calling for Elon Musk to be fired from his role in government was abruptly canceled, according to one of the advocacy groups that had ordered the ad.

Common Cause said it was told by the newspaper on Friday that the ad was being pulled. The full-page ad, known as a wraparound, would have covered the front and back pages of editions delivered to the White House, the Pentagon and Congress, and was planned in collaboration with the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund.

What is he supposed to be fired for again? Competence? What is the point of bullying him?

Clearly you don't read any of the news sources described in this thread if you think Musk is competent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am troubled by this but I'm keeping my paid digital subscription.

There really isn't "free news".

If nobody on the Dem side pays for it, we're going to end up with more outlets similar to Fox News.

The Post has had a couple of good longer articles just in the last week that demonstrated to me that reporters there are still on the ball.

Woke-ism made "cancelling" cool. Now look where we are!

DOGE is canceling government employees. Nothing Woke about that.

PP. I was a fed. I don't live in DC anymore. My hometown metro papers are vulnerable to failing and all their national news is piped in from other sources.

I dislike what Bezos is doing to accommodate Trump but some part of me wonders if what he is doing is just to allow the Post some breathing room to report.

Again. How are these sources going to survive with low subscriptions? The oligarchs don't have to operate them for our amusement.

I think WaPo subscribers made their point, but abandoning the paper will cost us more in the long run.

A press run by the oligarchy is not a free press

So what's the alternative...we print threads from DCUM and Reddit and pass it out on street corners?

Purity tests are killing the "liberal" agenda.

There are numerous alternatives to WaPo (and NYTimes because they suck even more).

NPR
AP
Democracy Now
ProPublica
PRI
Baltimore Banner
Boston Globe

How many of these aren't partially financially endangered/vulnerable?

NPR sadly has low credibility with right-leaning people. Plus it's not very online. It's still radio.

Also, it's a sad day when a capital city can't field a strong newspaper. Isn't that a cause worth your charity?

I'm sorry, I'm having trouble keeping up. Aren't we supposed to support struggling journalists? Or is that only if they work for Jeff Bezos?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am troubled by this but I'm keeping my paid digital subscription.

There really isn't "free news".

If nobody on the Dem side pays for it, we're going to end up with more outlets similar to Fox News.

The Post has had a couple of good longer articles just in the last week that demonstrated to me that reporters there are still on the ball.

Woke-ism made "cancelling" cool. Now look where we are!

DOGE is canceling government employees. Nothing Woke about that.

PP. I was a fed. I don't live in DC anymore. My hometown metro papers are vulnerable to failing and all their national news is piped in from other sources.

I dislike what Bezos is doing to accommodate Trump but some part of me wonders if what he is doing is just to allow the Post some breathing room to report.

Again. How are these sources going to survive with low subscriptions? The oligarchs don't have to operate them for our amusement.

I think WaPo subscribers made their point, but abandoning the paper will cost us more in the long run.

A press run by the oligarchy is not a free press

So what's the alternative...we print threads from DCUM and Reddit and pass it out on street corners?

Purity tests are killing the "liberal" agenda.

There are numerous alternatives to WaPo (and NYTimes because they suck even more).

NPR
AP
Democracy Now
ProPublica
PRI
Baltimore Banner
Boston Globe

How many of these aren't partially financially endangered/vulnerable?

NPR sadly has low credibility with right-leaning people. Plus it's not very online. It's still radio.

Also, it's a sad day when a capital city can't field a strong newspaper. Isn't that a cause worth your charity?

I'm sorry, I'm having trouble keeping up. Aren't we supposed to support struggling journalists? Or is that only if they work for Jeff Bezos?

PP. My point was just that a capital city should have a decent newspaper. It would be disappointing to have to rely on the Boston Globe to cover DC and presidential matters.

I'd agree with people financially supporting multiple journalistic outlets. I don't really care about the financial impact on Bezos, positive or negative, as long as there is some good coverage worth reading.

I said this on another DCUM thread, and think it's worth repeating. Alexandra Petri actually did a published endorsement. I thought that was hilarious.

https://wapo.st/3Qs9Zhg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am troubled by this but I'm keeping my paid digital subscription.

There really isn't "free news".

If nobody on the Dem side pays for it, we're going to end up with more outlets similar to Fox News.

The Post has had a couple of good longer articles just in the last week that demonstrated to me that reporters there are still on the ball.

Woke-ism made "cancelling" cool. Now look where we are!

DOGE is canceling government employees. Nothing Woke about that.

PP. I was a fed. I don't live in DC anymore. My hometown metro papers are vulnerable to failing and all their national news is piped in from other sources.

I dislike what Bezos is doing to accommodate Trump but some part of me wonders if what he is doing is just to allow the Post some breathing room to report.

Again. How are these sources going to survive with low subscriptions? The oligarchs don't have to operate them for our amusement.

I think WaPo subscribers made their point, but abandoning the paper will cost us more in the long run.

A press run by the oligarchy is not a free press

So what's the alternative...we print threads from DCUM and Reddit and pass it out on street corners?

Purity tests are killing the "liberal" agenda.

There are numerous alternatives to WaPo (and NYTimes because they suck even more).

NPR
AP
Democracy Now
ProPublica
PRI
Baltimore Banner
Boston Globe

How many of these aren't partially financially endangered/vulnerable?

NPR sadly has low credibility with right-leaning people. Plus it's not very online. It's still radio.

Also, it's a sad day when a capital city can't field a strong newspaper. Isn't that a cause worth your charity?

I'm sorry, I'm having trouble keeping up. Aren't we supposed to support struggling journalists? Or is that only if they work for Jeff Bezos?

PP. My point was just that a capital city should have a decent newspaper. It would be disappointing to have to rely on the Boston Globe to cover DC and presidential matters.

I'd agree with people financially supporting multiple journalistic outlets. I don't really care about the financial impact on Bezos, positive or negative, as long as there is some good coverage worth reading.

I said this on another DCUM thread, and think it's worth repeating. Alexandra Petri actually did a published endorsement. I thought that was hilarious.

https://wapo.st/3Qs9Zhg

Bezos is going to keep running WaPo as it is not about money for him, it is about power. You can subscribe if you want. I prefer more objective news sources. The AP and Reuters apps are refreshing because they just report the news. WaPo and NYTimes push their opinion pieces too much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am troubled by this but I'm keeping my paid digital subscription.

There really isn't "free news".

If nobody on the Dem side pays for it, we're going to end up with more outlets similar to Fox News.

The Post has had a couple of good longer articles just in the last week that demonstrated to me that reporters there are still on the ball.

Woke-ism made "cancelling" cool. Now look where we are!

I hear you and absolutely respect the reporters. But I can't keep reading a newspaper where I know the leadership will do what it takes to protect Trump. They publish some stuff critical to him, but what will they hold back? Also I am generally just not giving money to Jeff Bezos because he's a POS (no, I don't use Amazon)

Since the Post is now losing like $100 million a year, the best way to stick it to Bezos is to make sure it stays in business and costs him money.

On this theory, we all should get daily print subsrciptions because I'm sure he takes a bath on those.

He probably does, newsprint and delivery drivers are quite expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess some newspapers are bending to the will of their billionaire owners...

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/business/washington-post-ad-trump-musk.html

Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk
The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad, which would have covered the front and back pages of some Tuesday editions.

An advertisement that was set to run in some editions of The Washington Post on Tuesday calling for Elon Musk to be fired from his role in government was abruptly canceled, according to one of the advocacy groups that had ordered the ad.

Common Cause said it was told by the newspaper on Friday that the ad was being pulled. The full-page ad, known as a wraparound, would have covered the front and back pages of editions delivered to the White House, the Pentagon and Congress, and was planned in collaboration with the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund.

What is he supposed to be fired for again? Competence? What is the point of bullying him?

Oh-is it competence to have fired the staff at NNSA who manage our nuclear arsenal? Or the people at Dept of Ag who are doing surveillance and management of avian bird flu? Or the FAA people who do air traffic control and maintenance of airplanes? We must read different news sources because DOGE seems like a ketamine fueled massacre of govt employees.