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    Disapproval of Washington Post increased reaction from journalists and celebrities

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    Washington Post climate reporter Brianna Sacks reposted the disapproval on social media website X, writing that the Post “won a Pulitzer for public service for our coverage of the January 6 insurrection.” Harvard University graduate Alexandra Petri posted screenshots of one of her recent stories, stating: “It fell to me as a humor columnist to support Harris for president.”

    Reporting team Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein He issued a joint statement for the Post revealing the Watergate scandal, calling the move “disappointing.” Robert Ellsberg, son of Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the Washington Post, recalled the example set by former Washington Post publisher and owner Katharine Graham.

    “He was warned that his newspaper’s survival was in danger. He didn’t bat an eyelid,” Ellsberg wrote.

    Marty Baron, the Post’s editor-in-chief until 2021 (and a former Boston Globe editor), also He condemned the decision on social mediaand he said Globe interview “What the Post showed was weakness” over the weekend.

    Meanwhile, Washington Post abortion reporter Caroline Kitchener announced that her mother had canceled her Post subscription; the move was echoed by countless others in the Post’s subscriber base — 2.5 million people. as of last year. Kitchener wrote in a thread on X: “When you cancel, you hurt us, not our owner.”

    “I totally understand if you’ve lost faith in our owner, but please don’t lose faith in us,” he wrote. “We have a lot of work to do.”

    But numerous high-profile people have shared the same call as Kitchener’s mother, posting about canceling their subscriptions, from horror author Stephen King to others. Politician Liz Cheney To “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill.

    Others, including many journalists, urged their readers to cancel their Amazon Prime subscriptions instead of the Washington Post (which Bezos founded). Amazon). They say this would put financial pressure on Bezos without the potential to impact Washington Post journalists as collateral damage.

    The Post became the second major newspaper to announce this month that it would not support a presidential candidate, after the Los Angeles Times, owned by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong. a series of resignations and kickbacks.

    Dana Gerber can be reached at [email protected]. follow him @danagerber6.

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