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I was wondering how TWENTY Washington Post columnists were able to have an article in their paper about why they were upset about the nonendorsement.  I finally clicked to read...
They wrote it as a "Letter to the Editor" and it's in the opinions section of the Post as a Letter to the Editor from all 20 of them.

And the PostOpinions twitter account tweeted out the link:
https://twitter.com/PostOpinions/status/1849951210381480379

This is their joint letter published Oct 25
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/25/post-columnist-no-endorsement-2024-trump-harris/

No-paywall copy of same:   https://archive.is/Jzqzv

Yes it's TWENTY columnists.
The first tweet I quoted (via @Vee ) from WaPo columnist John Hudson, said it was *eight* but it's actually twenty.  They must have added more names to their letter after he tweeted that.
List:
Karen Attiah
Perry Bacon Jr.
Matt Bai
Max Boot
Kate Cohen
E.J. Dionne Jr.
Lee Hockstader
David E. Hoffman
David Ignatius
Heather Long
Ruth Marcus
Dana Milbank
Alexandra Petri
Eduardo Porter
Catherine Rampell
Molly Roberts
Eugene Robinson
Jennifer Rubin
Karen Tumulty
Erik Wemple

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Woodward and Bernstein also issued a joint statement declaring their disappointment with WaPo’s decision. 
200,000 subscribers have terminated their digital subscriptions for WaPo.

Very important perspective presented in this video. Really important to keep in mind, especially in times like these.

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Thank you for sharing that.  I think we all tend to forget this.  And why using social media as a gauge of public sentiment is so flawed.   The study done including how the subgroup of people following and engaging with more positive accounts, felt more positive and helped translate to healthier and more positive mental health. 

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You’re welcome. I appreciate PBS Newshour’s coverage of aspects that can often get overlooked by mainstream media.

Thanks for post that graphic as I know people’s eyes will gravitate more easily to that than to my post. I briefly considered trying to embed but I don’t really bother with “X” these days,if I can help it.

I meant to direct the second part of my message to @Vee. Man, I am tired today!

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Today was pretty exhausting. Had to tell someone “I don’t know what your problem is, but please leave me out of it”. It’s like, I had to put someone on “Ignore” IRL. I have a project I am working on but unfortunately, people don’t respect boundaries and now I have to ‘draw a line in the sand’ and end my association with them. All on a Monday. Sigh.

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At this point, Jeff Bezos has so much money, he'd have to live to 200 to spend it all.  Yet, he blocks a political endorsement, because he's afraid of what a potential second Trump administration could do to him financially.  I mean, really, what a shithead, lol.

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I think there are good people working at CNN, just as there are at any fundamentally skewed, messed-up media institution. There are talented reporters at the Times or the Post, or CNN or MSNBC or NBC or wherever else who work hard and mean well, some of whom still do very good work, and are unhappy with how the institutions have handled Trump. But I think too many of the on-air talent or star reporters go along to get along. I don't blame Abby Phillip for what happened, I blame CNN for insisting on staffing these panels with right wing operatives for a daily clown show and making the hosts or on-air talent (those that aren't instinctively Republican-leaning that is, which some certainly are) treat them credulously.

 

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