The Washington Post will not support any candidate in the American presidential election, its general director announced on Friday October 25. The daily journalists' union accused owner Jeff Bezos, also head of Amazon, of blocking support for Kamala Harris.
William Lewis announced that the prestigious newspaper, famous for revealing Watergate, would also refrain from calling for votes for the candidate in future elections, in an online post which aroused numerous reactions, most of them indignant , of readers.
A source close to the newspaper's management assured that the decision had been taken by the daily itself and that it was “ faux » to attribute it to its owner. “ We are aware that this decision will give rise to numerous interpretations, that it will be seen as implicit support for one of the candidates or the rejection of another or as an avoidance of our responsibilities », writes the director general, while the polls have so far failed to decide between Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and former Republican President Donald Trump.
A “ interference “, according to the daily journalists' union
The major American daily, owned by the founder of Amazon since 2013, had supported the Democratic presidential candidates in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020. Jeff Bezos has signed major contracts with the American government in recent years, and in particular with the Pentagon, in the field of data storage (“ cloud »).
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