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Re:Jeff Bezos kills Washington Post editorial board presiden... by Dalewyn on Friday October 25, 2024 @07:30PM (#41951009)
This is regarding endorsements by the outlet as a whole. If someone wants to go out and publicly endorse a candidate on their own name, nobody's stopping them.

What Bezos did is say, no, you cannot and will never again slap the Washington Post's name onto your personal endorsement. I think that's fair, he owns the brand, and I think it's also good for journalism overall because it's not a journalist's job to push opinions.

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Re:Jeff Bezos kills Washington Post editorial board presiden... by favorited on Friday October 25, 2024 @07:59PM (#41951262)
> This is regarding endorsements by the outlet as a whole

Endorsements are written and attributed to the Editorial Board, not the entire outlet.

Examples:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/10/18/opinion/kamala-harris...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/opinion/editorials/kamala...

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/a/endorsement-pr...

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Re:Jeff Bezos kills Washington Post editorial board presiden... by lp0_on_fire on Saturday October 26, 2024 @02:45AM (#41953028)
It’s a distinction without a difference to anyone who isn’t being pedantic.
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Re:Jeff Bezos kills Washington Post editorial board presiden... by favorited on Saturday October 26, 2024 @02:05PM (#41956534)
When Woodward and Bernstein issued a statement about Bezos's interference, it began, "We respect the traditional independence of the editorial page." Do you know more about journalism at The Washington Post than Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein? Or are they just pedants?
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Re:Jeff Bezos kills Washington Post editorial board presiden... by johnnyanmac on Friday October 25, 2024 @07:38PM (#41951081)
Given general hypocrisy, I expect an R endorsement come 2028. When the "swamp" is cleared and Bezo's Ai can write his opinions ghosting as a "journalist" with a respected brand.
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Re:Jeff Bezos kills Washington Post editorial board presiden... by Dalewyn on Friday October 25, 2024 @07:43PM (#41951124)
If Bezos goes back on his word and lets or orders the Washington Post endorse a candidate in future elections? Yeah, weapons free to torch his ass.
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Re:Jeff Bezos kills Washington Post editorial board presiden... by sleepybrett on Friday October 25, 2024 @08:18PM (#41951393)
I'll take my apology now.
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