Betsy Reed, editor of The Guardian US, speaks out about the craven refusal of both Los Angeles Times and Washington Post to endorse Kamala Harris in the election — that is, to reject fascism

Julie Hughes

@wdlindsy No coincidence that both papers are owned by billionaires who hate unions and don't want to pay higher taxes.

William Lindsey :toad:

@juliehuz No, not the slightest coincidence, is there?

William Lindsey :toad:

"One week before the mortals finish voting and might elect an authoritarian, one whose former chief of staff calls him a fascist, the Washington Post has decided that silence is the best way to guide its readers.

Silence, after all, will not offend the authoritarian should he win."

~ Benjamin Wittes

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #RupertMurdoch #WillLewis
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The Washington Post Bends the Knee to Trump

Billionaires can’t be trusted to maintain the institutions of democracy.

(www.thebulwark.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"Their billionaire owners [of Los Angeles Times and Washington Post] are Trump enablers. ...

The only credible explanation I can think of is that the Post’s billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, doesn’t want to raise the ire of Donald Trump, should Trump become president — especially now that Trump has declared his intention to punish his opponents."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos
/9

Cowardice and intimidation at The Washington Post and L.A. Times

Their billionaire owners are Trump enablers

(robertreich.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"Bezos’s other businesses have many federal government contracts, and his largest — Amazon — is the current target of a federal antitrust suit.

Assuming this is the explanation, it stinks. It undermines the credibility of one of our leading newspapers."

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos
/10

William Lindsey :toad:

"We are come to a juncture in America where, as in the first Gilded Age, enormous wealth is lodged in a very few hands — hands that are now either actively supporting Trump (such as Elon Musk) or afraid to come out against him for fear he’ll wreak vengeance on them if they do."

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos
/11

William Lindsey :toad:

"For decades, the business lobby fundamentally moderated the nation’s immigration debate. But in the age of Trump, fearful of advocating publicly on this issue, they’ve largely prioritized other things like corporate tax cuts and deregulation."

~ Eli Hager

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #EconomicElites #SuperRich #immigration #TaxCuts #deregulation
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In the Age of Trump, the Business Lobby Has Strayed from Immigration Reform

For decades, the business lobby fundamentally moderated the nation’s immigration debate. But in the age of Trump, fearful of advocating publicly on this issue, they’ve largely prioritized other things like corporate tax cuts and deregulation.

ProPublica (www.propublica.org)

William Lindsey :toad:

"It is not hard to guess why Bezos and Soon-Shiong made these decisions. Both are billionaires whose other businesses could be hurt by people who conflate their papers’ editorials with the two men’s own opinions. And both are hedging against the chance of Donald Trump winning the election, since he will surely turn his vengeance on those who opposed him."

~ Judd Legum

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #EconomicElites #SuperRich #immigration #TaxCuts
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Thanks For All These New Wonkette Subscribers, Jeff Bezos Of The Washington Post!

And LA Times, shame on you too!

(www.wonkette.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"This is a dark day in American journalism. Both papers [Los Angeles Times and Washington Post] have made clear their disdain and disrespect for Donald Trump and published numerous columns on their editorial pages calling him unfit to serve. The refusal of the Washington Post and LA Times to publish editorials endorsing Kamala Harris at this point is nothing but chickenshit."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #fascism #WashingtonPost #LosAngelesTimes #media
/14

The Washington Post and LA Times have already told us what they think about Donald Trump.

This is a dark day for American Journalism.

(luciantruscott.substack.com)

Global Repercussions

@wdlindsy

“Both papers [#losangelestimes and #washingtonpost ] have made clear their disdain and disrespect for #DonaldTrump and published numerous columns on their editorial pages calling him unfit to serve.”

Has either masthead published an explanation or rational of the view that #KamalaHarris is not fit to server as #potus ?

After #election2024 either #harriswalz2024 or #trumpvance2024 will attain the offices of #president and #VicePresident .

I guess both mastheads will have to do #editorial or #opinion pieces from their owners as to why/how they are unable to decide between someone they believe is not fit to be President, and someone else who would appear to be acceptable to be President? Surely, it can’t be that hard a decision?

Or, perhaps better explain why they feel that neither the #republicans or #democrats have put forward #candidates who are capable, or acceptable to be #presidentoftheunitedstates .

Go #TeamUSA !!!
#america “F” Yeah!

Reallyblue3

@wdlindsy a single billionaire or small group of billionaires should not control anything! Nothing!

Godfrey642

@wdlindsy
Yes but they have colluded for years/decades and there has been no democratic firewall to limit the reach of that collusion.

Godfrey642

@wdlindsy
Trump tariffs will blow a massive hole in global trade. The ripple effect could potentially be as massive as the 2008 GFC. That will affect nations' budgets, inflation and wages.

Then there's the issue of Climate once Trump takes the brakes of FF industry and smashes climate controls. The money spent on mopping up ongoing natural disasters will be huge and allow for even less policy change and financial support for the ppl who need it.

Not that Trump Vance Bannon Musk Bezos et al well care one iota.

wasabi brain

@wdlindsy why even be that rich if you’re going to be too afraid?

zeemeermin

@wdlindsy This is what is wrong with the main stream media. It's owned by billionairs with bad intentions

xs4me2

@wdlindsy

Indeed, one must be blind not to see it...

William Lindsey :toad:

"Los Angeles Times editorial page editor Mariel Garza, along with journalists Robert Greene and Karin Klein, resigned from the paper after its decision not to endorse Harris, and nearly 2,000 readers canceled their subscriptions."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #fascism #LosAngelesTimes #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos
/15

October 25, 2024

A bombshell story last night from the Wall Street Journal reported that billionaire Elon Musk, one of the richest men in the world, who is backing the election of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump with a daily million-dollar sweepstakes giveaway and gifts of tens of millions to the campaign, has been in regular contact with Russian president Vladimir Putin since late 2022.

(heathercoxrichardson.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"The Washington Post, too, has seen about 2,000 subscribers bow out, and fourteen of the newspaper’s columnists called the decision not to condemn Trump’s threats to the 'freedom of the press and the values of the Constitution' 'a terrible mistake.' Cartoonist Ann Telnaes published a blacked-out square, playing on the Post’s motto that democracy dies in darkness."

#Trump #fascism #LosAngelesTimes #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos
/16

William Lindsey :toad:

"William Lewis is a liar who apparently believes the American people are stupid. As Santiago Mayor (@SSantiagoMayor) said on Twitter, 'Funny how no newspaper had an issue with their editorial boards calling on Biden to withdraw.'”

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #fascism #LosAngelesTimes #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #WillLewis
/17

Neutrality in the face of fascism is cowardice

October 26, 2024

(roberthubbell.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"On the same day that Bezos ordered WaPo not to endorse Kamala Harris (which the Editorial Board was prepared to do), Trump met with representatives of Bezos’ struggling space flight company, Blue Origin."

#Trump #fascism #LosAngelesTimes #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #WillLewis #EconomicElites #CorporateLeaders
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