The owner of Washington Post, Jeff Bezosdefended in an article this Monday the decision of his newspaper do not endorse any of the candidates in the next United States presidential election. He defined it as a “significant step in the right direction”, to reverse Americans’ loss of trust in the media. The newspaper was expected to support Democrat Kamala Harris against Donald Trump.
The article, “The hard truth: Americans don’t trust the media”was published after the National Public Radio (NPR) reported that The Washington Post had lost more than 200,000 digital subscribers. This loss occurred after its CEO, Will Lewisannounced on Friday that the newspaper would not support none of the presidential candidates.
What Jeff Bezos said about the US elections
In addition to making the media’s position clear, Bezos wrote: “Presidential support does nothing to tip the balance of an election.” “No undecided voter in Pennsylvania is going to say: ‘I am going to support the one who supports Newspaper A‘”, he added, in addition to stating that “what presidential endorsements really do is create a perception of biasa perception of non-independence.”
Three members of the editorial board of Washington Post they resigned from their position on the council due to that decision, although they retained their roles at the newspaper. Lewis said the decision was made by himself.
But an article from post Friday, citing four people who were informed about the decision, reported that it was Bezos who made that request. Other media outlets also reported that It was Bezos who canceled his support for any of the candidates.
In his op-ed, Bezos says the decision “was made entirely internally.” “It is a principled decision, and it is the right decision,” he wrote.
Jeff Bezos on Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
Bezos added that the presidential campaigns of Kamala Harris and donald trump They were not consulted or informed about the decision. But he pointed out that Dave LimCEO of his space exploration company Blue Originmet with Trump the same day Lewis announced the newspaper’s decision.
“I regretted it with a sigh when I found outbecause I knew that would give ammunition to those who wanted to frame this as something other than a principled decision,” Bezos wrote. “But I didn’t know about the meeting beforehand. Even Limp didn’t know beforehand; The meeting was quickly scheduled that morning,” Bezos wrote.
“There is no connection between this and our decision on the presidential endorsement, and any suggestion otherwise is false.”
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In Georgia, the vote of African-American men swings Kamala Harris’ campaign
One of the hinge states What stands out, facing the elections, is Georgia, that makes the decision about Kamala Harris. Over there Democratic support fell, in relation to the last elections, and Afro men are a community less faithful to this wing. The Democrat is targeting Republican support and African American communities.
Recently, Kamala Harris visited the states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin next to Liz Cheney in an attempt to capture votes from moderate Republicans and independent voters. Together with the Afro community, this support can be decisive for the Democrat.
Source: Ambito
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