The magnate Jeff Bezos ordered Wednesday to Washington Postnewspaper of your property, change your opinion section and start from now publish columns in support of “Individual freedoms and free market“.
“We are going to write every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal freedoms and free markets“Bezos said, increasingly aligned with the president of the United States, Donald Trump, in a message sent to the rotating staff.
“We will also cover other issuesof course, but the points of view that oppose these pillars will be left to publish others, “added the Founder of Amazon.
The opinion leader of the post, David Shipley, He left office due to this decision, Bezos reported.
The businessman explained that in the past it made sense that the newspapers brought to their readers an opinion section to cover “All points of view”, but “Today the Internet does that job“He said.
Bezos already intervened in the Washington Post during the past Electoral campaign When he stopped the newspaper’s decision to support Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and ordered the saving equidistance before the elections.
Was The first time in decadeS That the newspaper of the US capital did not support the Democratic presidential candidate.
The newspaper, which had a very hard editorial line with Trump in its First mandate (2017-2021), supported Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020, both facing the Republican tycoon.
Bezos donated 1 million dollars for Trump’s investiture and, like the owners of other great technology in the country, such as Meta y Openaiwas present at the inauguration of the Republican on January 20.
