« on: October 31, 2024, 05:07:25 pm »
https://freebeacon.com/media/exclusive-wapo-opinion-editor-david-shipley-blames-bezos-for-endorsement-drama-tells-staff-they-can-quit-as-distraught-journalists-slam-bezos-for-conflict-of-interest-and-thumb-on-the-scale/The Washington Post’s opinion editor privately blamed owner Jeff Bezos for barring the paper’s editorial board from publishing an endorsement of Kamala Harris, likening the decision to a "bomb" that "went off and now we are picking up the pieces," according to an audio recording of a tense and angry Monday editorial meeting. The recording was obtained and reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.
During the meeting, the paper’s opinion columnists and editors, exhibiting a high level of distress, unloaded on opinion editor David Shipley, complained that Bezos was destroying the paper’s reputation as an "independent journalistic organization," and repeatedly denounced former president Donald Trump. One editor fretted that the "one thing that can’t happen in this country is for Trump to get another four years."
Shipley told staffers that they were welcome to express their dissent at the decision, but that after they did so, they needed either to get on the team or resign.
"Whatever you decide, I’m good with it," he said. "What I really do want to impart is that you do not get stuck in the middle. Don't be here if you don't want to."
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Shipley's time at WaPo is likely drawing near an end after bad-mouthing his boss like this.
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