The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad, which would have covered the front and back pages of some Tuesday editions.

“We asked why they wouldn’t run the wrap when we clearly met the guidelines if they were allowing the internal ad,” said Virginia Kase Solomón, the president and chief executive of Common Cause. “They said they were not at liberty to give us a reason.”

They can’t run the ad, but you can get a “nobody elected Elon” sticker to put somewhere people see

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
    50·
    4 days ago

    They’re right, Elmo shouldn’t be fired.

    They should confiscate all his assets and deport him!

    For fucks sake, let’s do some quick math here. Elmo is the richest prick on the planet, worth over $400 billion. There are around 8 billion people on the planet.

    400/8 = 50

    So you, yes that bag of flesh reading my comment, you’re only worth $50 to the richest fuckwad on the planet.

    • astronaut_sloth@mander.xyzEnglish
      25·
      4 days ago

      So you, yes that bag of flesh reading my comment, you’re only worth $50 to the richest fuckwad on the planet.

      Hey, your math is a bit off. He’s a racist apartheid apologist, so there’s definitely a race coefficient in there somewhere.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
    24·
    4 days ago

    Because Mr. Bezos says no.

    Do… did people already forget he personally killed WaPo’s originally planned pre-election endorsement?

    … And then was a guest of honor at Trump’s very exclusive inauguration?

    This is exactly what it looks like.

  • Sicsurfer@lemmy.caEnglish
    20·
    4 days ago

    Oligarchs owning our media was the beginning of the end. Facts no longer matter

  • NateNate60@lemmy.world
    9·
    4 days ago

    There are really two viable explanations for this:

    1. Interference from Bezos
    2. The Washington Post has realised that allowing this advert to run exposes them to legal risk from an erratic administration that is extremely sensitive to its public perception.
      • NateNate60@lemmy.world
        21·
        4 days ago

        My friend, they are a multi-million-dollar corporation. There is no such thing as integrity, only profit. It just so happens that for the greater part of their existence, having the appearance of integrity has been the best way to achieve the real goal.

  • BillWigly@kbin.earth
    7·
    4 days ago

    who even reads Washington post anyway? like reading Jeff Bezos’s opinion all day lmao laaaaaaame

  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    4 days ago

    Suddenly fascists are Jeff Bezos’s best buddies. He’s a self-serving coward.