Over 200,000 subscribers flee 'Washington Post' after Bezos blocks Harris endorsement
Over 200,000 subscribers flee 'Washington Post' after Bezos blocks Harris endorsement
Get fucked, Bezos.
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Serious question, but what stops the editors and writers who feel differently from just telling him no and printing what they want?
I understand he owns them and could fire them, but I think that would be more telling and a much bigger story internationally if he just fired or shut down WaPo for not doing his bidding rather than this subscriber loss being what we see. Journalists used to do real reporting and expose huge things (some still do), so if they actually feel this way about the candidate then they should’ve just printed what they wanted anyway.
I mean, that's kind of what they did. The Post was absolutely flooded with opinion columns calling out the paper and Bezos for their cowardice, and most of their editorial board has resigned at this point.
Not much considering that's what the entire editorial staff did anyway.
But they don't get to control the headline at the top of the front page.
As I’m not in journalism, why couldn’t the most senior editor control the top headline and push out the views of the also believe the same?
I'm sure he could. But I'm guessing he's a corporate bootlicker.