Reader backlash against decision not to make presidential endorsement rolls on despite Bezos defense of decision

Deterioration of the Washington Post’s subscriber base continued on Tuesday, hours after its proprietor, Jeff Bezos, defended the decision to forgo formally endorsing a presidential candidate as part of an effort to restore trust in the media.

The publication has now shed 250,000 subscribers, or 10% of the 2.5 million customers it had before the decision was made public on Friday, according to the NPR reporter David Folkenflik.

A day earlier, 200,000 had left according to the same outlet.

The numbers are based on the number of cancellation emails that have been sent out, according to a source at the paper, though the subscriber dashboard is no longer viewable to employees.

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    • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
      13·
      23 days ago

      Yes, and we are desperate to ditch it. The idea was to switch to Blue Origin Amazon’s Project Kuiper as soon as it became available. Now it’s fucked if we do and fucked if we don’t.

      That said, fourteen of the Starlink units are suspended until needed, which means no monthly payments.

      EDIT: I mistakenly called the satellite project Blue Origin.

      • Lauchs@lemmy.world
        9·
        23 days ago

        Totally fair. And there are definitely reasons to dislike Bezos but on the which of the two is worse… Going Musk over Bezos feels a little.like the folks claiming trump will be better for Palestineans. Bezos didn’t let his paper endorse trump, Musk is full on bribing people, campaign rallying for trump etc.

        But to each their own, like I said, plenty of reasons to dislike Bezos.

    • Teils13
      111·
      23 days ago

      Yes, it is. It is very hard to escape having relations with capitalist conglomerates in most sectors, in some it is impossible. That is why having political control of the State is the only way of the working class to control the billionaires, if the economy side of society is not radically altered.