Daring FireballOct 27, 2024
★ Profiles in Cowardice: Owner Jeff Bezos and Publisher William Lewis of The Washington Post
https://daringfireball.net/2024/10/profiles_in_cowardice_bezos_lewis_washington_post
Profiles in Cowardice: Owner Jeff Bezos and Publisher William Lewis of The Washington Post

Liberal newspapers breaking tradition to not endorse anyone is *worse* than if their owners had forced them to endorse Trump instead.

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Show threadFrançois
@daringfireball I might be missing some context but why do you assign to cowardice what might be interpreted as wholehearted support from the billionaire class for someone who promises to give them more power, while Harris would maintain the status quo or even to some limited extent contribute to weakening the power of the rich?
Oct 27, 2024 at 2:45amWeb
Show threadSeanOct 27, 2024
@fmy @daringfireball easy, the post has been doing great journalism on exposing trumps extreme danger to the American people. So not coming out in favour of Harris is straight cowardice.
Show threadErik SOct 27, 2024
@fmy @daringfireball Sure, but Harris will act within the bounds of the rule of law and due process. Trump is an avaricious kleptocratic tyrant who won't hesitate to imprison them, or worse, if he doesn't get what he wants, and he'll never be satisfied.
Show threadFreediverXOct 28, 2024
@fmy @daringfireball
I think this is a “Why not both?” situation. Bezos is a coward for doing this (fear of losing government contracts if Trump wins), but he's also the type of person who wouldn’t think twice about selling out his country to protect his excessive wealth and power.