josh buermann on Nostr: Jeff Bezos once explained why the WaPo was no longer endorsing candidates, "What ...

Jeff Bezos once explained why the WaPo was no longer endorsing candidates, "What endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence. Ending them is a principled decision, and it’s the right one. Eugene Meyer, publisher of The Washington Post from 1933 to 1946, thought the same, and he was right."

But times change! Jeff now endorses all but four of Trump's cabinet picks, "no quid pro quo of any kind is at work here."

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