The Washington Post has seen at least 250,000 readers cancel their subscriptions after owner Jeff Bezos ended a decades-long tradition of endorsing presidential candidates, the newspaper reported late Tuesday.Why it matters: That figure represents 10% of 2.5 million subscribers the paper had before Bezos announced the decision after the WaPoContinue Reading
The Washington Post’s chief executive, Will Lewis, announced on Friday that the newspaper would not endorse a candidate for President this year and would not do so in future Presidential elections. Lewis cast the decision as the newspaper returning to its “roots”; before the nineteen-seventies, the paper rarely endorsed PresidentialContinue Reading
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The multi-billionaire owner of the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, continued facing criticism throughout the weekend because executives from his aerospace company met with Donald Trump on the same day the newspaper prevented its editorial team from publishing an endorsement of his opponent in the US presidential election. Senior news andContinue Reading
Politics / October 25, 2024 What the newspaper’s editorial page editor really meant was, “My corporate paymasters want to wallow in Donald Trump’s tax cuts.” The Washington Post’s Craven Capitulation to the Billionaire Class What the newspaper’s editorial page editor really meant was, “My corporate paymasters want to wallow inContinue Reading
Publisher and CEO Will Lewis says the Washington Post‘ is “returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates,” although 1988 was the last time it abstained in a general election. Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Marvin Joseph/The WashingtonContinue Reading
Skip to Main Content Media “I am resigning because I want to make it clear that I am not OK with us being silent,” Mariel Garza said. “In dangerous times, honest people need to stand up. This is how I’m standing up.” Los Angeles Times editorials editor Mariel Garza posesContinue Reading
The often denied but obvious involvement of foreign powers in Sudan’s deadly civil war is now firmly in the spotlight. Tens of thousands of people, including many civilians, have been killed since it began last April. Now, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has accused the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) ofContinue Reading
As 2021 got underway, Sen. Josh Hawley did not find himself in a good position. After the Missouri Republican helped take the lead in trying to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory, Hawley was briefly seen as a political “pariah.” As regular readers know, the GOP senator was denounced by formerContinue Reading
Politics The November/December 2024 editorial. What is the most important issue in this election? It almost doesn’t matter, because on every issue that might be of prime importance, Donald Trump is better than Kamala Harris by a mile. But we may consider the question as an exercise. Founding editor ScottContinue Reading
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