We did cancel our print-and-online subscription when Bezos refused to endorse anyone. It was so disingenuous. If he had even declared this way before the election I might have given him a pass but it was so obviously craven, caving before the fact. I hated to see a newspaper doing that. Still I also felt for the newsroom folks who protested - and I loved Alexandra Petri's column about how it fell to her, the humor, columnist, to endorse Kamala Harris. I miss Alexandra's column so much I have several times thought of reinstating our subscription, figuring that we made our point by unsubscribing when we did.
But now you tell us about this cartoon that they wouldn't publish. That is SO distressing. So we will stay away - supporting NPR, subscribing to the nY Times -- missing. the Post.
It is sad newspapers have become play toys for syndicates and billionaires. Perhaps it's my age, but an online presence seems to have ushered in a lack of fact-checking that used to be the hallmark of exceptional journalism. To further line their pockets, owners cut staff and censor opinion cartoons and articles that don't jibe with their politics. Next will come masking tape. Listen up working journalists and young graduates. We need your authentic voices and rabble-rousing. @gretchensmith505405
Pulling the endorsement of Kamala Harris seemed enough to me, until I considered the intensity of the election. Maybe one really bad mistake is possible. Now an editor protects the owner. I cancelled my subscription scheduled to renew on Jan 21. I will miss Karen Tumulty and all the political reporting. These reporters are savvy people. I hope they are imagining what they can do together like Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News imagined a completely online, detailed daily report of Capital Hill.
We did cancel our print-and-online subscription when Bezos refused to endorse anyone. It was so disingenuous. If he had even declared this way before the election I might have given him a pass but it was so obviously craven, caving before the fact. I hated to see a newspaper doing that. Still I also felt for the newsroom folks who protested - and I loved Alexandra Petri's column about how it fell to her, the humor, columnist, to endorse Kamala Harris. I miss Alexandra's column so much I have several times thought of reinstating our subscription, figuring that we made our point by unsubscribing when we did.
But now you tell us about this cartoon that they wouldn't publish. That is SO distressing. So we will stay away - supporting NPR, subscribing to the nY Times -- missing. the Post.
You had me at linotype. ❤️
It is sad newspapers have become play toys for syndicates and billionaires. Perhaps it's my age, but an online presence seems to have ushered in a lack of fact-checking that used to be the hallmark of exceptional journalism. To further line their pockets, owners cut staff and censor opinion cartoons and articles that don't jibe with their politics. Next will come masking tape. Listen up working journalists and young graduates. We need your authentic voices and rabble-rousing. @gretchensmith505405
Pulling the endorsement of Kamala Harris seemed enough to me, until I considered the intensity of the election. Maybe one really bad mistake is possible. Now an editor protects the owner. I cancelled my subscription scheduled to renew on Jan 21. I will miss Karen Tumulty and all the political reporting. These reporters are savvy people. I hope they are imagining what they can do together like Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News imagined a completely online, detailed daily report of Capital Hill.