Elon Musk told a gathering of the hard-right Alternative for Germany party this weekend that the country has “too much of a focus on past guilt,” an apparent effort to wipe away the long shadow of the Nazis that has influenced generations of Germans to quarantine extreme political parties from public life. “It’s good to…
Media tycoon Barry Diller, a friend to The Washington Post’s billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, called the newspaper’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate a poorly timed “mistake.” “They made a blunder — it should’ve happened months before, and it didn’t, and that’s the issue with it,” Diller told CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday. The…
With the US presidential election just days away, endorsements for both candidates are piling up. Despite Kamala Harris having an edge over Donald Trump in terms of support from media houses, several major US tabloids have refrained from endorsing either candidate in the November race. Top publications like The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and…
Several newspapers that endorsed President Joe Biden over former President Donald Trump in 2020 have not endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the 2024 election. In the 2020 presidential election, Biden received endorsements from major national and regional newspapers, as well as some traditionally conservative publications. The notable show of support from the press for…
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has reportedly given the newspaper a mandate to add more conservative voices to its opinion section — even as he remains silent over the broadsheet’s decision not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election. Bezos — the world’s second richest person with a fortune that Bloomberg Billionaires Index…
A high ranking former editor at the Washington Post is claiming that the paper’s billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, entered into a quid-pro-quo agreement with former President Donald Trump to kill the newspaper’s planned endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. Longtime Post editor-at-large Robert Kagan, who quit after the non-endorsement on Friday, told The Daily Beast that…
Washington Post CEO Williams Lewis said he pulled the plug on the paper’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris – amid fierce backlash that owner Jeff Bezos was responsible for the controversial decision. Lewis rejected claims the Amazon billionaire killed the already planned endorsement for the Democratic nominee – breaking 36 years of tradition at…
The Washington Post’s bombshell decision to skip endorsing a candidate in this year’s presidential race, making it the second biggest newspaper to do this after the LA Times has set off a firestorm among readers, political insiders, and journalists alike. Readers React to WaPo’s Decision Not to Endorse Either Trump or Harris(AP) After reports surfaced…
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos speaks after receiving the 2019 International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Excellence in Industry Award during the the 70th International Astronautical Congress at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC on October 22, 2019. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Amazon founder Jeff Bezos reportedly blocked a prominent newspaper…
Billionaire Warren Buffet revealed Wednesday that he will not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 election. Buffett, one of the world’s richest people, had backed Democrats in three of the last four presidential elections. A memo posted on the 94-year-old businessman’s website warned of “fraudulent claims” on…