Washington Post staffers are growing concerned that the left-leaning paper is silencing its support for Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential candidacy, and reports say many are behind the delay. Mr. Jeff Bezos is said to be suspicious.
Some insiders say the billionaire Amazon founder, who has not spoken publicly about the 2024 election, wants to alienate Republican challenger Donald Trump, who is gaining momentum to retake the White House next month. I'm guessing not. The Status Newsletter reported on Tuesday.
The paper's editorial board is believed to have written a pro-Democrat article, but it did not get the green light to publish it from Bezos and editor-in-chief Will Lewis, said the former CNN media observer who left Status magazine after leaving the company. Oliver Darcy wrote: August Network.
He added that WaPo officials are perplexed by the Beltway's broadsheet failure, given that 20 million voters have already sent in their ballots and there are less than two weeks until Election Day. .
The paper endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020, and has issued endorsements fairly early in past election cycles. The New York Times endorsed Harris on September 30th.
The newspaper has reached out to The Washington Post and Bezos for comment.
Bezos, the second richest person in the world by net worth Rating by Bloomberg Billionaires Index The fund, valued at $208 billion as of Thursday, was a frequent target during President Trump's first term, largely due to coverage of the Trump administration by The Washington Post.
The paper's silence comes against the backdrop of drama unfolding in the Los Angeles Times newsroom. The paper's billionaire owner, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, blocked the editorial board from publishing support for Harris.
Following Mr. Soon-Shiong's intervention, Los Angeles Times Editor-in-Chief Mariel Garza resigned in protest on Wednesday.
As part of his “clear, nonpartisan information,” Soon-Shiong told the editorial board on his X-Feed, “A factual analysis of every positive and negative policy each candidate has undertaken during their time in the White House. I wrote that I would like them to create a draft of the same. By displaying them side-by-side, “the reader can decide” who to support.
Fortune 500 heavyweights have been reluctant to get involved in elections, avoiding political controversy for fear of angering potential winners.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has complained to several people about the criticism he has received for his philanthropy and has stopped supporting any initiatives that could be seen as partisan. It is reported that.
During the 2020 election, Zuckerberg's net worth, the third richest person in the world, was Rating by Bloomberg Billionaires Index As of Thursday, it had $200 billion in donations, with about $350 million donated to help election administration in the face of challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.
But Zuckerberg was criticized by some who say most of the money tends to support Democratic-leaning areas.
Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said: has privately supported Harris, but would not say so publicly out of fear that Trump would retaliate if he became president again.
