Bezos is reportedly keen on expanding his newspaper’s reach among right-leaning audiences, according to a report in The New York Times.
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has reportedly given the newspaper a mandate to add more conservative voices to its opinion section — even as he remains silent over the broadsheet’s decision not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
The decision sparked a backlash among staffers and readership — with scores of social media users proclaiming that they had cancelled their subscriptions to the paper.The Washington Post editorial board wrote up an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, but management decided against publishing it, according to reports.Robert Kagan, a member of the opinions section, resigned in protest.
“The anticipatory kowtowing to a guy who is saying he is going to be an autocrat is the first step,” Scarborough said on his show on Monday. His commentsBezos has been accused of striking a deal with former President Donald Trump. The image above shows then-President Trump with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Bezos in June 2017.“It’s the billionaires versus us. It is the billionaires versus ‘We, the People.’ We can win.
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