#wapomeltdown — Public Fediverse posts

@Lydie 🤣 Yes! Room for improvement! #wapomeltdown

I cancelled, too --> Washington Post cancellations hit 250,000 – 10% of subscribers
Reader backlash against decision not to make presidential endorsement rolls on despite Bezos defense of decision

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/29/washington-post-subscriber-cancellations #uspol #harris #Trump #WaPoMeltDown

Another day, another 50,000 #WashingtonPost subscriptions cancelled.

""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."

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/29/washington-post-subscriber-cancellations

#wapo #wapomeltdown

Toon in Monday

A look at the world Monday through the eyes of political cartoonists from across the globe

https://buff.ly/40nn6Gx

#COpolitics #TrumpRally #WaPoMeltDown

Toon in Monday

A look at the world Monday through the eyes of political cartoonists from across the globe

https://buff.ly/40nn6Gx

#COpolitics #TrumpRally #WaPoMeltDown

NYT editorial decision to elect Kamala #Harris was in September!

🎁 Gift link
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/opinion/editorials/kamala-harris-2024-endorsement.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Vk4.ungv.75ignyNpm6zv&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #uspol #wapomeltdown

@dangillmor

I cancelled. And it seems like many others did, too --> See this comment by @cbarbermd

“A friend who works for #WaPo marketing dept says there's a #WaPoMeltDown in their business unit following the news as digital subscriptions cancellations have hit 60k barely 8 hrs after decision not to endorse. Cancellation rate is unprecedented and we're barely 24 hours into it.”— r/t Carlos @The Makaya

https://med-mastodon.com/@cbarbermd/113375273383961231

Mad at @jeffbezos for shitting on #American democracy and not a @WashPost subscriber?

Cancel your #AmazonPrime subscription! 181 MILLION Americans pay $139 per year for an Amazon Prime subscription = $25,159,000,000. Amazon is so crappy to its warehouse employees that it averages 159% turn-over each year. #Amazon is toxic and does not deserve your hard-earned cash. #DemocracyDiesInDarkness #WaPoMeltdown #CancelAmazonPrime #uspol #uspolitics #election2024

@cbarbermd I’m one of the 60K helping with the #wapomeltdown

“Bezos now finds himself in what might be called the “libertarian” billionaire’s dilemma. Having guaranteed the editorial independence of the Post, he can’t quite be seen to shut down the current story of his own interference; the result is that – at a paper that trumpets “democracy dies in darkness” – the craven decision-making of owner and chief executive stand exposed for all to see.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/26/washington-post-us-presidential-election-endorsement-refusal

#washingtonpost #wapo #wapomeltdown

WaPoMeltDown: if you wield the tagline “democracy dies in darkness” you had better live by it

Wow, go check out the hashtag search:

https://x.com/search?q=%23WaPoMeltDown&src=recent_search_click

https://alecmuffett.com/article/110537

#feed #wapomeltdown

I find it astonishing that prominent institutions like the @washingtonpost and influential figures like @JeffBezos are capitulating in advance to an elderly, addled man, who is clearly deteriorating before our eyes.

Disgraceful!

#DemocracyDiesInDarkness
#WaPoMeltDown
#WaPo