Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos speaking out about his newspapers decision to kill an endorsement of Kamala Harris.
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00:00Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos speaking out about his newspaper's decision to kill
00:05an endorsement of Kamala Harris.
00:08Bezos saying, quote, presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election.
00:13What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias.
00:19Three members of the Post editorial board resigned in the wake of the decision, and
00:23more than 200,000 subscribers canceled their subscriptions, about 8% of readership.
00:30Just hours after the decision to cancel the endorsement of the Democrat, former President
00:35Trump met with executives from Bezos' own space company, Blue Origin, who has a $3.4
00:42billion federal contract.
00:45Bezos says there is, quote, no quid pro quo of any kind at work here.