{"id":118773,"date":"2024-10-27T01:05:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T18:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118773"},"modified":"2024-10-27T01:05:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T18:05:57","slug":"the-washington-post-is-in-deep-turmoil-as-bezos-remains-silent-on-non-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118773","title":{"rendered":"The Washington Post is in deep turmoil as Bezos remains silent on non-endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">New York<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2q9qh9c005826npge5c0333@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            One day after The Washington Post announced it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/25\/media\/washington-post-wont-endorse-presidential-candidate\/index.html\">would not endorse<\/a> a presidential candidate in this year\u2019s election or in the future, its billionaire owner remains silent as the newspaper\u2019s staff are in turmoil.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd500083d5vhvvtqq3d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Jeff Bezos has so far declined to comment on the situation, even as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/media\/2024\/10\/25\/washington-post-endorsement-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his own paper\u2019s<\/a> journalists reported that it was Bezos who ultimately spiked the planned endorsement. A source with knowledge told CNN on Friday that\u00a0an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris had been drafted before it was squashed.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd500093d5vcchovegn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In the last\u00a024\u00a0hours, at least one\u00a0editor\u00a0has resigned, and high-profile Post\u00a0staffers\u00a0have publicly expressed their dismay as many in\u00a0the paper\u2019s\u00a0Opinion section\u00a0are\u00a0furious\u00a0over how the situation was handled.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000a3d5vzs75ih59@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            For many current and former staffers of the\u00a0venerable newspaper, the timing of the announcement was highly suspect and has led them to believe Bezos\u2019s business interests influenced the decision.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000b3d5vsddr8v2m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Former Post executive editor Marty Baron, who led the paper\u00a0under Bezos\u00a0during the first Trump administration called the decision an act of \u201ccowardice.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000c3d5v7z4kymb8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cTo declare a moment\u00a0of high principle, only 11 days\u00a0before the election that is just highly suspect that is just not\u00a0to be believed that this was a\u00a0matter of principle at this\u00a0point,\u201d Baron told CNN\u2019s Michael Smerconish on Saturday morning.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000d3d5vikvyfryr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump has threatened Bezos \u201ccontinually,\u201d Baron noted. But when Baron was in charge of the\u00a0newspaper,\u00a0Bezos \u201cresisted that pressure\u201d and he was \u201cproud\u201d and \u201cgrateful\u201d for that leadership.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000e3d5vll6m2y94@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cBezos has other\u00a0commercial interests, a big stake and\u00a0Amazon, he has a space company called Blue Origin,\u201d Baron said. \u201cTrump has\u00a0threatened to pursue his\u00a0political enemies and he\u00a0rewards his friends and he\u00a0punishes his perceived\u00a0political and think\u00a0there\u2019s no other explanation\u00a0for what\u2019s happening right now.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000f3d5vz0q9ewgg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Baron said\u00a0Post\u00a0publisher Will Lewis\u2019s\u00a0defense of the non-endorsement\u00a0was\u00a0\u201claughable,\u201d\u00a0noting that the Post has endorsed in other races.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000g3d5vm6s3corc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIf their\u00a0philosophy is readers can make\u00a0up their own minds on the big\u00a0issues that they face in this democracy, then\u00a0don\u2019t run any editorials,\u201d Baron said. \u201cBut the fact is they only decided\u00a0not to run an editorial in this\u00a0one instance 11 days before the\u00a0election.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qd899500003d5vqb9g8duk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In a statement to CNN on Saturday, Lewis pushed back on reports about Bezos\u2019s role in the endorsement decision.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qdcb6200043d5v438yh1sp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cReporting around the role of The Washington Post owner and the decision not to publish a presidential endorsement has been inaccurate,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cHe was not sent, did not read and did not opine on any draft. As Publisher, I do not believe in presidential endorsements. We are an independent newspaper and should support our readers\u2019 ability to make up their own minds.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000h3d5vm27qi1ys@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Several current Post journalists told CNN they have no problem with the editorial board not endorsing in any situation, with some actively agreeing with the decision. But they all found the timing\u00a0of the\u00a0announcement\u00a0extremely\u00a0troubling.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000i3d5vopcb8b0l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cDeciding that now, right before an election, puts us in a lose-lose position:\u00a0cowards for caving, or whining over not endorsing Harris, which the Trump campaign is already trying to use to undermine us,\u201d one\u00a0Post\u00a0journalist told CNN. Another told CNN that \u201cpeople are angry and\u00a0feel\u00a0like senior managers are undermining the journalism.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000j3d5vlye0bvft@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Others expressed deep concern that a wave of readers\u00a0reacting to the news\u00a0have cancelled their\u00a0subscriptions, something that will directly impact the newsroom\u2019s ability to function.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000k3d5vc20zs88a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Robert Kagan, a Post columnist\u00a0and opinion editor-at-large\u00a0who had been with the paper for 25 years, publicly resigned on Friday as a direct result of the non-endorsement.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000l3d5vb05o3pdr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis is obviously an effort by Jeff Bezos to curry favor with Donald Trump in the anticipation of his possible victory,\u201d Kagan\u00a0told CNN\u2019s Erin Burnett OutFront on Friday. \u201cTrump has threatened to go after Bezos\u2019 business. Bezos runs one of the largest companies in America. They have tremendously intricate relations with federal government. They depend on the federal government.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000m3d5vykxbgfam@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Friday,\u00a0Trump met with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/2024-election-trump-harris-news-updates#00000192-c592-d7d8-a7be-efbf2ca80000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executives from Blue Origin<\/a>, the space exploration company owned by Bezos, hours after the Post announced its decision Friday. The company has a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-selects-blue-origin-as-second-artemis-lunar-lander-provider\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$3.4 billion contract<\/a>\u00a0with the federal government to build a new spacecraft to scuttle astronauts to and from the moon\u2019s surface.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000n3d5vwmoz7n7s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump advisers and supporters have been crowing since both the Post\u00a0and\u00a0the Los Angeles Times\u2019 billionaire owners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/23\/media\/los-angeles-times-endorsement-harris-resign\">stepped in<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0prevent their papers from endorsing Harris.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000o3d5vi3b8cgh8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A post on X by a Post reporter noting that Trump met with Blue Origin executives the same day the Post declined to endorse Harris was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thestevencheung\/status\/1850016625174388797?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reposted<\/a>\u00a0by Trump spokesman Steven Cheung along with\u00a0multiple\u00a0\u201clove\u201d emojis.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000p3d5vfc4yo3pb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump senior adviser Stephen Miller also pounced on the non-endorsement,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StephenM\/status\/1849873126672507053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writing<\/a>: \u201cYou know the Kamala campaign is sinking when even the Washington Post refuses to endorse.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000q3d5vojxv0ypn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Earlier in the week, the Trump campaign used the Los Angeles Times\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/25\/media\/los-angeles-times-editors-resign-harris-endorsement\/index.html\">non-endorsement<\/a> in a fundraising email, calling it a \u201chumiliating blow\u201d for Harris.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000r3d5vbxhebah1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Other staffers said the decision not to endorse will ultimately harm American democracy, even though Lewis claimed in his note to readers that the\u00a0move\u00a0should not be seen as a \u201ctacit\u00a0endorsement of one candidate, or as a condemnation of another.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000s3d5vjxbg0gc0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In a joint statement, legendary Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame called the decision\u00a0\u201csurprising and disappointing,\u201d\u00a0noting the timing of the announcement \u201cignores the Washington Post\u2019s own overwhelming reportorial evidence on the threat Donald Trump poses to democracy.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000t3d5v9fl35xna@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A group of 17\u00a0Post opinion columnists\u00a0also\u00a0published\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2024\/10\/25\/post-columnist-no-endorsement-2024-trump-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a statement<\/a>\u00a0Friday evening, criticizing their own newspaper\u2019s decision not to endorse a candidate in the presidential election as a \u201cterrible mistake.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm2qb2jd5000u3d5vt1pv688n@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe Washington Post\u2019s decision not to make an endorsement in the presidential campaign is a terrible mistake,\u201d they 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