No endorsement

[Mik]

Is there anyone who isn’t offended by the choice we are presented with? That’s the message here.

[wtg]

Bezos' op-ed. I don't think it's behind a paywall, as I was able to get to it directly on their site without a subscription.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/28/jeff-bezos-washington-post-trust/

[CHAS]

Cancelled my subscription

[wtg]

It's worth reading.

[Steve Miller]

@Mik

Yeah, me.

I think Harris is an excellent choice.

[Mik]

Who's choice is she? No one voted for her. She was appointed.

[Lisa]

Mik - everyone who voted for Biden implicitly also voted for Harris last time. If Biden kicked the bucket tomorrow, she'd be president as the result of that vote. I'm a Dem and I'm not offended at not having had the chance to vote for my party's candidate in the primary - heck, by the time PA gets around to holding their primary election, the candidate has already been chosen anyway, so I never get a say in the presidential primary ever - it's no different this time. But for what it's worth, I would have had no issue voting for her - I've been way unhappier with the folks chosen for me by Iowa, NH, and SC in the past........

Oh and I did cancel my WaPo sub on Saturday. I always talked them down to a $29 rate for the year so I doubt they'll miss me much, but screw them. "Democracy dies in darkness" my ass.

[Steve Miller]

“Anticipatory Obedience”.

Everyone is falling nicely in line.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/26/anticipatory-obedience-newspapers-endorsement-refusal

[Rontuner]

Instead of canceling WaPo, Cancel Amazon if you want to make a statement... And no, I'm not the least bit offended by being able to vote for Harris.

[Lisa]

It's not even like I'm canceling to stick it to Jeff (like I said, I don't think my $29/year is gonna make a difference - he probably makes more than that every millisecond just by existing).

I'm canceling because I'm paying for trustworthy reporting and I don't think they are delivering that anymore. When a newspaper can't do it's one and only job, it's time to find a better newspaper.

[Piano*Dad]

I'm one of the (now) 250,000 who have cancelled.

I get the idea of canceling Amazon, but I don't think that that sends much of a signal. First, it's a drop in a bucket. Second, it's not tied to his ownership of a Newspaper.

[Piano*Dad]

[pedant hat on] People are using the word decimate to describe the cancellations. This is one of the few times that the word is used accurately. To decimate is to reduce by 10%. [pedant hat off]

[Steve Miller]

It’s close. I’ve seen estimates of 8%.