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It’s a first in 36 years. The Washington Post has announced that it will not support any of the candidates in the US presidential election. In the last two elections, it had called for a vote against Donald Trump.
A decision taken by Jeff Bezos, the boss of the Washington Post but especially of Amazon, who fears a backlash from Trump if the former Republican president is re-elected.
A decision that provoked the reaction of other media and legends of journalism like Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward who have the Watergate scandal to their credit. The 2 journalists affirmed that “Donald Trump was a threat to democracy”
Bezos and Amazon have many lucrative contracts with the American government
” Democracy dies in broad daylight thanks to Jeff Bezos ,” ran the headline in the Boston Globe, referring to the Washington Post’s slogan, “Democracy dies in darkness.”
The New York Times headlined: Why are some CEOs keeping quiet about their support for Harris?
