{"id":2362316,"date":"2024-10-31T15:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T19:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-let-bezos-pretend-hes-course-correcting-wapo\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T15:50:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T19:50:47","slug":"dont-let-bezos-pretend-hes-course-correcting-wapo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-let-bezos-pretend-hes-course-correcting-wapo\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Let Bezos Pretend He&#8217;s Course Correcting WaPo"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdont-let-bezos-pretend-hes-course-correcting-wapo%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2362316&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Jeff Bezos&#8217; recent attempts to reposition The Washington Post as a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">credible\u2062 news source amid\u2064 criticism<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-gear-up-for-chaotic-post-recess-return-to-washington\/\" title=\"Senators prepare for tumultuous return to Washington after recess.\">shifting political dynamics<\/a>. \u2064Following an absence of endorsements for 2024 candidates like Kamala\u200d Harris, Bezos explained this decision was\u2063 to avoid perceptions of bias. The author,\u2064 Eddie Scarry, \u200dexpresses skepticism regarding the sincerity of these\u200d claims, \u200carguing that any\u200d course \u2064correction would require a complete overhaul of the \u200bnewspaper&#8217;s\u200d staff, many of whom \u2062have publicly criticized Bezos&#8217; management decisions. Scarry reflects \u200con \u200dthe broader\u200d trend in mainstream media, where outlets \u2063claim to\u2062 invite diverse perspectives but often continue\u200c hiring individuals who\u2062 align with established narratives rather than true conservatives. He \u2063concludes that such strategies are merely attempts to save longstanding publications from decline, suggesting that Bezos should\u200c not receive another chance to revive The Washington Post.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24614969@N04\/9488661337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esther Vargas\/Flickr\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\">CC by-sa 2.0       <\/a><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/31\/dont-let-jeff-bezos-pretend-hes-course-correcting-the-washington-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Don%E2%80%99t%20Let%20Jeff%20Bezos%20Pretend%20He%E2%80%99s%20Course%20Correcting%20The%20Washington%20Post&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/31\/dont-let-jeff-bezos-pretend-hes-course-correcting-the-washington-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Don%E2%80%99t%20Let%20Jeff%20Bezos%20Pretend%20He%E2%80%99s%20Course%20Correcting%20The%20Washington%20Post&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/31\/dont-let-jeff-bezos-pretend-hes-course-correcting-the-washington-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/31\/dont-let-jeff-bezos-pretend-hes-course-correcting-the-washington-post\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Don%E2%80%99t%20Let%20Jeff%20Bezos%20Pretend%20He%E2%80%99s%20Course%20Correcting%20The%20Washington%20Post&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/31\/dont-let-jeff-bezos-pretend-hes-course-correcting-the-washington-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>In anticipation of a Donald Trump victory, we&rsquo;re entering another media news cycle of &ldquo;Give us another chance!&rdquo; No thanks!<\/p>\n<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/26\/leftists-melt-down-after-washington-post-editorial-board-declines-to-endorse-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several days<\/a> of insufferable whining from <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/06\/democracy-dies-at-the-hands-of-taylor-lorenz-and-every-other-bad-hire-at-the-washington-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington Post writers<\/a>, the publication&rsquo;s owner, Jeff Bezos, felt compelled to explain why he directed his paper&rsquo;s editorial board not to issue an endorsement of Kamala Harris. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2024\/10\/28\/jeff-bezos-washington-post-trust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained<\/a> that &ldquo;what presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-477751397ab971159ce4393bdc71bb9c fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-477751397ab971159ce4393bdc71bb9c\"><\/div>\n<p>True. We have no idea who the Post&rsquo;s preferred candidate is now that they won&rsquo;t be explicitly endorsing one. The Post endorsed Barack Obama twice, Hillary Clinton, and then Joe Biden (and also <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/09\/the-washington-post-is-more-dangerous-than-so-called-russian-propaganda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">propagated the Russia hoax<\/a>), but it&rsquo;s entirely possible the Post is now pro-Trump. I guess we&rsquo;ll never know, though.<\/p>\n<p>Bezos went on to say his intention for his paper was to transform it into &ldquo;a credible, trusted, independent voice.&rdquo; I&rsquo;m sorry, baby, but it&rsquo;s just too late for that. For that statement to hold any weight at all Bezos would have had to fire every single one of the entitled dopes who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-driver-sucks-pro-golfer-blames-his-club-for-poor-play-club-manufacturer-fires-back-calls-his-comments-stupid\/\" title=\"\u2018The Driver Sucks\u2019: Pro Golfer Blames His Club For Poor Play, Club Manufacturer Fires Back, Calls His Comments \u2018Stupid\u2019\">publicly disparaged<\/a> his decision. He pays their salaries &mdash; the paper is a multimillion-dollar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/23\/media\/washington-post-will-lewis-turnaround-plan\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">loser<\/a> &mdash; and allows them to openly question his judgment? No one can take him seriously, least of all when he says there&rsquo;s a course correction afoot.<\/p>\n<p>Enhancing the hilarity of the situation, The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/25\/business\/media\/washington-post-presidential-endorsement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">last week<\/a> said Bezos &ldquo;is interested in expanding The Post&rsquo;s audience among conservatives&rdquo; and that he &ldquo;informed&rdquo; Post management &ldquo;that he wants more conservative writers on the opinion section.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Get fired up, people. The Post is about to bring on some strong talent, tried and true conservatives like Alyssa Farrah Griffin of ABC&rsquo;s &ldquo;The View&rdquo; or hanger-on Joe Walsh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-833348876da814f12dd0bc73cc4e2271 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-833348876da814f12dd0bc73cc4e2271\"><\/div>\n<p>That&rsquo;s how this always works. Some formerly prestigious news operation finds itself in an existential crisis, as they all did in 2016, and vows to undergo a period of self-reflection. It promises to demonstrate its even-handedness by platforming atypical voices, then invariably hires someone like <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/22\/i-was-wrong-about-the-media-theyve-always-been-a-pretentious-gang-of-losers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bret Stephens<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/02\/no-endorsing-kamala-harris-for-president-isnt-what-jesus-would-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David French<\/a>. The Times gave itself a hard pat on the back when it took on those two gooners who have always hated Donald Trump and who spend 90 percent of their working hours declaring how disappointed they are in conservatives, Republicans, and right-wingers &mdash; plus advocating for their <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/11\/21\/losing-is-not-winning-no-matter-what-the-medias-favorite-conservatives-keep-saying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">electoral defeat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CNN also said it wanted &ldquo;conservative&rdquo; reporters. That&rsquo;s how we got Kait<em>LAN<\/em> Collins and her eyebrows reliably beginning every sentence she reads off the teleprompter with some variation of &ldquo;Trump falsely claimed &hellip;&rdquo; or &ldquo;Republican X continued spreading disinformation related to &hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>They don&rsquo;t hire conservatives, Republicans, or right-wingers. They hire amoral, trainable typists who say whatever is necessary for six figures and ongoing cable news appearances.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s pathetic for the people who get hired, but it&rsquo;s another lifeline for bosses like Bezos. He shouldn&rsquo;t get to have another lifeline. His publication needs to die and so do the rest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4dfffa455d221237c6edcfbdfe7bd04d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4dfffa455d221237c6edcfbdfe7bd04d\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2f19bce69fe4cbb0a366b066bd5f2a24 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2f19bce69fe4cbb0a366b066bd5f2a24\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/Liberal-Misery-Hateful-Everything-Everyone\/dp\/1637584350\">Liberal Misery: How the Hateful Left Sucks Joy Out of Everything and Everyone<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Eddie Scarry<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eScarry\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\" rel=\"noopener\">@eScarry<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/eddiescarry\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/corporate-media\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">corporate media<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/jeff-bezos\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Jeff Bezos<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/media\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/new-york-times\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/russia-collusion-hoax\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Russia Collusion Hoax<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/russia-hoax\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Russia hoax<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/washington-post\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In light of a potential Trump win, media outlets are pleading for another opportunity. No thanks! After days of complaints from Washington Post writers, owner Jeff Bezos explained why he instructed the editorial board not to endorse Kamala Harris, citing concerns about perceived bias<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":2362317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Jeff-Bezos.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[15686,43080,5157,4188,7115],"class_list":["post-2362316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bezos","tag-corporate-influence","tag-journalism","tag-media","tag-wapo"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Jeff-Bezos.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2362316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2362317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2362316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2362316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}