Posted on 02/18/2025 11:04:23 AM PST by mcenedo
The Washington Post reportedly killed a $115,000 advertisement calling on President Trump to fire DOGE chief Elon Musk — sparking renewed outcry over censorship at the Jeff Bezos-owned publication.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
The Compost probably (rightly) figured this POS ad would cost them more in even more lost customers than $115,000.
Know your customer.
who was the advertiser?
actually, I’m all in favor of the advertiser waste their money and scream in the wind.
So, is censorship good or bad? I’m so confused!
When the owner of a company doesn’t want to run something it’s call ‘publisher’s judgement’.
Letting the monkeys run the zoo hasn’t worked out well for the MSM - and it’s way past time to try something new. NOT giving the finger to half your readers on a daily basis might be a good start.
Depends on your D or R...
Now there's a pair to draw to. "Free press" means they can start their own paper if they want to. It also means that existing ones can say "no" if they want to.
Were they getting government incentives/pressure to not print it? If not, its not censorship.
I love to see the left fight among themselves.
More winning!
I don’t care if they run that ad.
Excerpted from Wiki...
Sometimes identified as liberal-leaning... Common Cause has also been identified as nonpartisan and advocates government reform... It is identified with the reformist "good government" movement... and is often described as a watchdog group... The organization's tagline is "holding power accountable" and its stated mission is "upholding the core values of American democracy. We work to create open, honest, and accountable government that serves the public interest; promote equal rights, opportunity, and representation for all; and empower all people to make their voices heard in the political process." (Hahaha)
At the very least, Elon the Great is producing increasing amounts of information that Common Cause just might have been asleep at the switch, and for quite a long time. Might there be more? I dunno, but on a national scale, so very many people and organizations seem so, so very worried about one little DOGE.
The Washington Post is not the government, its a private company, publishing and saying what it wants and not saying what it does not want to say. We often complain about its editors views and choices, but its a private decision, not “censorship”. The producers of the ad are not silenced. There are other venues they can get their ad into.
Since when is choosing not to run an ad in a newspaper, censorship?
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