"This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty."

~ Marty Baron, former executive editor of Washingon Post quoted by D. Earl Stephens

Stephens adds,

"When a newspaper with the logo 'Democracy Dies in Darkness' fails to endorse the candidate that stands up for that Democracy, they are not being accurate or credible.

They in fact are completely worthless.

Dead."

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost
/2

https://dearlstephens.substack.com/p/breaking-the-washington-post-has

"The editor of the editorial page had already drafted the paper’s endorsement of Kamala Harris when publisher Will Lewis—who is a new hire, hailing from the Rupert Murdoch journalism tree—quashed it and then released a CYA statement about how the paper was 'returning to its roots' of not endorsing candidates. The Post itself reported that the decision was made by the paper’s owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos."

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #Murdoch
/3

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/bezos-kills-washington-post-endorsement-guardrails-falling

"Our corporate media, run by billionaires, are abdicating their duty and fidelity to democracy by proactively bending the knee to Trump and his dictatorial ambitions. The people must resist."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #RupertMurdoch
/4

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/democracy-dies-for-billionaires

"Will Lewis should be ashamed, if shame is an emotion he is capable of feeling. What an empty shell of a leader. What an embarrassing decline for a once-venerated news organization.

This decision won’t impact the outcome of the election in eleven days. But it will have a lasting impact on how people think of the Washington Post."

~ Dave Karpf

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #RupertMurdoch #WillLewis
/5

https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/a-suggestion-for-the-washington-posts