Jeff Bezos Denies Business Interests Influenced Decision to Kill Kamala Harris Endorsement

The billionaire Washington Post owner cites cratering public trust in media to justify move that has cost the paper hundreds of thousands of subscribers and caused high profile resignations

Jeff Bezos attends the Baby2Baby 10-Year Gala in 2021
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Jeff Bezos is insisting that concerns about his businesses played no role in his decision to kill the Washington Post editorial board’s planned endorsement of Kamala Harris.

In an editorial published Monday afternoon in the Washington Post, Bezos also justified the decision — which has so far cost the paper hundreds of thousands of subscribers as well as some of its most high profile writers — by citing widespread distrust of media among Americans.

Bezos also did not acknowledge or address any of the reporting about his role in the scandal, which has mired WaPo in an existential crisis.

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