Great, another billionaire protecting his own self-interest instead of the country’s. Nice knowing you, @washingtonpost. Subscription canceled. https://t.co/KwK9vJ59lx
There's not nearly enough appreciation for the fact that we’re witnessing an unprecedented effort by a small group of billionaires to influence the outcome of this presidential election, and what it means for the country if they succeed.
I didn’t sign up to be a journalist to be silent on what matters most.
I didn’t come here to be a coward. Some of us really, truly believe in speaking truth to power.
We were betrayed today.
It’s not that newspaper endorsements change hearts, and minds (though sometimes they do) it’s that it’s very scary to see billionaire oligarchs obeying in advance.
I am a strong believer in paying for serious, high-quality journalism, and that is exactly why I am canceling my @washingtonpost subscription over this timid, cowardly decision that could not come at a worse possible -- or more revealing -- time.
So much for “Democracy Dies in Darkness”. This is the most hypocritical, chicken shit move from a publication that is supposed to hold people in power to account.
I'm a veteran former Los Angeles Times reporter and staff writer. For them not to endorse a candidate is alarming. But the Washington Post? The paper that broke Watergate? Something is broken. This is not normal.
I have subscribed to the Washington Post since 1993, but I just canceled my subscription today because of the paper’s abdication of duty to endorse a candidate in the most consequential election of my lifetime. Good riddance.
Jeff Bezos became one of the wealthiest people in the history of the world because he was born in the greatest democracy the world has ever known.
Today, he showed a callous, cowardly indifference toward that very democracy.
My WaPo subscription has been cancelled.