Executives of Blue Origin briefly met with Trump within hours after paper spiked endorsement of Harris

Executives of Blue Origin briefly met with Trump within hours after paper spiked endorsement of Harris

The multi-billionaire owner of the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, continued facing criticism throughout the weekend because executives from his aerospace company met with Donald Trump on the same day the newspaper prevented its editorial team from publishing an endorsement of his opponent in the US presidential election.

Senior news and opinion leaders at the Washington Post flew to Miami in late September 2024 to meet with Bezos, who had reservations about the paper issuing an endorsement in the 5 November election, the New York Times reported.

Amazon and the space exploration company Blue Origin are among Bezos-owned business that still compete for lucrative federal government contracts.

And the Post on Friday announced it would not endorse a candidate in the 5 November election after its editorial board had already drafted its endorsement of Kamala Harris.

    • Darkard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      2 months ago

      I think if he’s blasted then maybe he will think twice before doing it again

    • MisterFrog@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      Journalists have ruined this word.

      Another pet peeve I have of journalists in general: god-awful referencing. “A report by XYZ organisation shows…”

      Gee THANKS, “a report”, that’ll help me find the source… It’s wild there aren’t minimum regulations on news referencing in most countries (at least, I’m not aware of any).

      Thanks for being my 2¢ receptacle