"Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris, paper reports
"The decision not to publish was made by The Post's owner " Amazon
founder Jeff Bezos," The Post reported, citing two sources briefed on the events.
Trump, while president, had been critical of Bezos and The Post.
In a 2019 lawsuit, Amazon claimed it had lost a $10 billion cloud computing contract with the Pentagon to Microsoft because Trump had used "improper pressure ... "to harm his perceived political enemy" Bezos."
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"Marty Baron, the former editor of The Post, in a tweet called The Post's non-endorsement "cowardice, with democracy as its casualty."
@realdonaldtrump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner @jeffbezos (and others)," Baron wrote.
"Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage."
Rep. Ted Lieu, a Democrat from California, in his own tweet on the news wrote, "The first step towards fascism is when the free press cowers in fear."
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More at the link. The prestigious Editorial Guild calls this interference in Editorial Boards by Management... and also, 'Cowardice".
It appears that Bezos didn't want to lose another $10 billion, or more, to the fanatic Fascist Trump.
Or have himself and his reporters imprisoned as Trump has threatened.
