Large sections of the press actively supported this, at the behest of their owners: https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5168416/washington-post-bezos-endorseme

Large sections of the press actively supported this, at the behest of their owners: https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5168416/washington-post-bezos-endorsement-president-cancellations-resignations https://www.npr.org/2024/10/28/nx-s1-5168416/washington-post... (I keep joking that other countries have state controlled media, but in the West we have media-controlled states)