JOURNALISM
The Washington Post Just Broke My Heart
And I canceled my subscription
The Washington Post announced this morning that it won’t be making an endorsement in the U.S. presidential election. Billionaire owner Jeff Bezos made the call.
A person with knowledge of the matter told CNN an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris had been drafted by the Post’s editorial page staffers and was ready to be approved by its board, but the draft was never presented.
“Many on the editorial board are surprised and angry,” the person said.
The Post reported the decision not to endorse in the election was made by the newspaper’s owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, citing two sources briefed on the matter. — CNN Business
And now my heart is broken. Journalism is dead.
The Post used to be my role model. All the President’s Men, the movie about how the newspaper took down President Nixon during Watergate, came out in 1976. I graduated high school in 1973. Reporters Bob Woodward and…
