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Yeah, I think you’re missing the point a bit here: the fear of endorsing the “wrong” candidate, as it would lead to loss of profit by the owning company, is wha
by dclowd9901 2y ago
Yeah, I think you’re missing the point a bit here: the fear of endorsing the “wrong” candidate, as it would lead to loss of profit by the owning company, is what led to the axing of the endorsement. Call it what you want: profit and political strongarming silenced a newspaper.
- benatkin 2y agoYou could have created a top-level comment instead of replying to mine. I don't see how your reply is about my take on it and isn't just your completely different take on the issue.
- CalChris 2y agoIt's just political strongarming. The Washington Post is not profitable.
- dclowd9901 2y agoBezos made the call because he was afraid of Trump canceling lucrative Pentagon AWS contracts. WaPo is a loss leader, AWS is his bread and butter.
- eigart 2y agoIt’s Amazons, Blue origin, AWS profits he’s fearful for, not WaPo.