#CancelTheNYT has been a long used hashtag of mine.
#CancelTheWaPo starts today.
The world expects that all good people will do their duty.
@mikeharmanos What's the impetus this time? I'm out of things today..
@TrueBloodNet No presidential endorsement for the first time since… 1988? They were going to endorse the VP, but Bezos killed it.
@mikeharmanos Ah.. yeah I agree that's wrong. Thanks for the 411. Although the fact that they were going to endorse Harris is almost as good and in some ways better than actually endorsing her. It reminds us that the ultra rich are trying to shove tfg down our throats.
@TrueBloodNet Or the ultra rich are taking away the opportunity to endorse? Your call.
Money quote: Martin Baron, who edited the Post from 2012 to 2021, winning wide acclaim for his leadership of the newsroom during the Trump presidency, issued a statement to NPR denouncing the last-minute decision to withhold an endorsement. “This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty,” he said. 1/2
“Donald Trump will celebrate this as an invitation to further intimidate the Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos (and other media owners). History will mark a disturbing chapter of spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.”
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