The New York Post reported that Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos told the paper to hire more conservative opinion writers.
Jennifer Rubin doesn’t count as a conservative opinion writer.
From The New York Post:
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.Bezos — the world’s second richest person with a fortune that Bloomberg Billionaires Index valued at $211 billion as of Monday — is keen on gaining a more ideologically diverse readership by expanding his newspaper’s reach among right-leaning audiences, according to a report in The New York Times.The Amazon founder, meanwhile, has remained silent over the non-endorsement controversy. He has not spoken publicly amid protests from high-level staffers and prominent figures such as Watergate reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
I wonder how others on the left will respond since they went insane when CEO Will Lewis didn’t allow the editorial board to endorse a presidential candidate.
People blamed Bezos, but Lewis said he made the decision.
Lewis announced the paper would not make a presidential endorsement this year or “in any future presidential election.”
Lewis said WaPo is returning to its roots “of not endorsing presidential candidates.”
Heads exploded. People canceled their subscriptions.
Opinion writer Robert Kagan resigned in protest:
Robert Kagan, a member of the opinions section, resigned in protest. He said that Lewis’ explanation was “laughable” and that the decision not to endorse stemmed from an alleged deal between Bezos and former President Donald Trump.Bezos’ space exploration company Blue Origin has contracts with the federal government to build a spacecraft to transport astronauts to and from the surface of the moon.“This is obviously an effort by Jeff Bezos to curry favor with Donald Trump in the anticipation of his possible victory,” Kagan told CNN on Friday.“Trump has threatened to go after Bezos’ business,” Kagan added, referring to Amazon.
Good Lord. The drama.
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