it's a risk if bezos is on his bedside. decision had been main some time ago in a deliberative way, fine. newspapers have a right to decide not to run presidential endorsements, but this was not made in discussion with the editorial board. it was -- they were just informed of the decision by bezos himself. >> when you look at this decision and the decision made by the owner of the l.a. times, does is send a signal to other ceos? >> well, i worry it does. i worry it sends a signal to trump you can further intimidate bezos and lean on other media organizations. he can threaten them. i'm concerned about the message to business executives. toward the end of the trump administration, they were already threatening businesses that did not kowtow to trump with losing business and not getting contracts and being punished. he was trying to use the justice department against companies in that way. i think what we are seeing is more of the same. maybe worse. >> now that he is focused on tariffs, tariffs are the ultimate way for a presi

the fact is, jeff bezos does have business interests. of course amazon and blue origin, his space country. they have contracts with the government. i was proud that during my time at the post, and during the ownership, during that period he resisted pressure from donald trump, trump try to undermine the amazon business, he said he was do that. he threatened to increase postal rates, double and triple them, quadruple them. he did intervene and attend billion-dollar defense department cloud computing contract to ensure it did not go to amazon. jeff bezos stood up to that. he let us do our work with full independence. he let the opinions department do their work as well. they actually wrote two editorials against trump's campaign for the presidency, first in 2016 and then 2020. when a question was raised, as to whether they would actually write the editorial in 2016, jeff bezos said, why would we not issue an editorial endorsement. and they went ahead and did so. so i see this as a betrayal of the principles of the post-. and also a betraya

they're angry at jeff bezos.g this only harms the great work that that newsroom is doing, so what advice do you have for those who want to send a message? >> it's a tough one. i understand why people are upset, but as you note, if they cancel their subscriptions there will be fewer resources to do the kind of reporting that the post does. it does extra ordinary investigations. it is held accountable. it's held other powerful individuals and institutions accountable. it does that every day and it does it in a superb way. they have a tremendously talented staff and they have the resources to do all that. look, if people cancel for a short period of time, like a week, and just send a message that they don't want to see any more of this, okay, i understand that, but canceling for the long term is going to do severe damage to our democracy. there just are not that many news organizations with the kind of resources and the kind of talent that exist at the washington post, to do substantive, powerful investigations of t

but historically, bezos has been hands off with the post. so involvement in this case is raising a lot of concern internally. my reporting indicates that thousands of posts, subscribers have reached out to cancel their subscriptions in the 24 hours since this news broke. because they are worried about what this message is sent, what, what kind of message is being sent here now, post publisher will lewis, who was handpicked by bezos to run the organization, says in a new statement to me today, as publisher, i do not believe in presidential endorsements. we are an independent newspaper and should support our reader's ability to make up their own minds he is refuting some reporting from the new york times that he actually wanted to publish the endorsement of harris until bezos said not to the overarching story here is about a concern that billionaires like bezos might be rolling over and appeasing donald trump even before the election day. actually rolls around this is known by some scholars as anticipatory obedience. the idea that some people

the billionaire owner of the washington post, jeff bezos defending is very controversial decision tontial endorsements as another major newspapers. now, following suit it all comes down to this. >> we can now make a major projection the way only cnn can bring it to you election night in america, special coverage begins tuesday, november 5 at four on cnn >> that's lodge >> no no comparison? >> hotel is and the hotels.com app. >> i didn't redo this last year before you were preventing migraine with you? >> remember the pain canceled plans, the worry that was then and look at me now, you'll never truly forget my green, but you live to reduce his attacks, making zero migraine days possible. it's the only pill of its kind that blocks cgrp and is approved to prevent migraine of any frequencies help give you that forget you get migraine feeling. don't take if allergic to to liptak most common side effects are nausea, constipation, and sleepiness. learn how api could help you say it's she liptak there, forget you get migraine medicine take airborne. it has seven key nutrients to help fill th

bezos resisted regular attacks from former president donald trump on washington post, on jeff bezos on amazon. but now it seems as though he feels as though something has changed now, the washington post published russia. will lewis has put out a new statement pushing back on the idea that jeff bezos was intimately involved. he said he said in a statement that jeff bezos was not sent, did not read did not opine on any draft as publisher. i do not believe in presidential endorsements. we are an independent newspaper and shoots, put a reader's ability to make up their own minds. but jessica, i've been speaking to washington post journalist and even those do you say, you know, i actually agree with the idea of the editorial board not endorsing a candidate. all of them unanimous unanimously. just question the timing. they are saying, why is this coming out just days before the presidential election? this goes off like a bomb and it puts the u.s. the journalists on the new side in an uncomfortable position. they noted that the trump campaign has been pouncing on this. trump advisers have

bezos's saying that's not the case.s doing this and says principled decision, but he's doing it on the eve of an election. and that's really the issue at the heart of this he acknowledges maybe had some poor timing. maybe you should have announced announced this earlier but he's doing it because he wants to win back people's trust over time in the short-term though, he's lost a lot of his audience's trust, the he also wrote there's no quid pro quo of any time or there's no quid pro quo of any kind is at work here. that's a quote, the head of is blue origin had met with trump apparently on the day of the announcement was made, he says he didn't know about that meeting and it was an unfortunate total coincidence that right. a person close to bezos says, no, there's nothing to do with it. there's no quid pro quo here's the thing. there's hard pressure. a quid pro quo, a deal with trump, and then there's a form of soft pressure. and the real concern i'm hearing from post reporters, from editors, from columnists, is it that

this election cycle and now the papers owner, jeff bezos, is explaining his decision.oing in a rare opinion piece that not endorsing is a step toward restoring public confidence in the media. here's what bezos writes, quote we must be accurate and we must be believed to be accurate. it's a bitter pill to swallow, but we are failing on the second requirement. most people believe that the media is biased. anyone who doesn't see this is paying scant attention to reality and those who fight reality lose. reality is an undefeated champion many people are turning to off the cuff podcasts, inaccurate social media posts and other unverified news sources, which can quickly spread misinformation and deepened divisions the washington post and the new york times win prizes. but increasingly we talk only to a certain elite more and more, we talked to ourselves bezos references a recent gallup poll that found quote, the news media is the least trusted group among ten us civic and political institutions involved in the democratic process. the legislative branch of the federal governm

for bezos? it might be, and this might be the right decision.the wrong time and he acknowledged his in his note tonight the way i've never seen him write an essay like this, it's a reaction to the unprecedented pressure that post is under. but i think he wrote this tonight because tens of thousands possible, even hundreds of thousands of describers have bailed on the post and the past few days even more might do it in the days to come out of a fear that he's capitulating to donald trump, that he's giving into trump bezos's saying that that's not the case. he's doing this and says principle decision, but he's doing it on the eve of an election. and that's really the issue at the heart of this. he acknowledges maybe he had some poor timing, maybe you should have announced announced this earlier, but he's doing it because he wants to win back people's trust over time in the short-term though, he's lost a lot of his audience's trust, the he also wrote, there's no quitting pro quo of anytime or there's no quid-pro-quo of any kind is at work here. tha

now its owner, jeff bezos defending the decision.dential endorsementses do nothing to tip the scale. what they do is create a perception of bias. a perception of nonindependence. ending them is the right decision. what do you think, greg, of this blow-up that the elite media is having over this nonendorsement? >> greg: what is it going to cost him? a couple million dollars a month in losses? right? >> jesse: he's what? $68 billion -- >> greg: he spends that much money on hormone treatments. let's be honest. it's amazing, why is -- okay. i said this before. one side is miserable. the other side isn't. is that just constant? why is it that -- if trump loses, our viewers will be sad. they might even take it hard. they always bounce back because their lives are prioritized. family, friends, work, spirituality. politics is downstream from that. for the dems, it's upstream. so it affects family, it affects friends, work, spirituality. because the ideology of leftism is about power, a press versus oppressor, every relationship is transactio

bezos's saying that's not the case. he's doing this and says principle decision, but he's doing all the eve of an election. and that's really the issue at the heart of this. he acknowledges maybe he had some for timing. maybe you should have announced announced this earlier, but he's doing it because he wants to win back people's trust over time in the short-term though, he's lost a lot of his audience's trust, the, he also wrote, there's, there's no quid pro quo of any time, or there's no quid-pro-quo of any kind is at work here. that's a quote the head of is blue origin had met with trump apparently on the day the announcement was made, he says he didn't know about that meeting and it was an unfortunate a total coincidence that right. >> a person close to bezos says, no, there's nothing to do with it. >> there's no quid pro quo here's the thing. there's hard pressure. a quid pro quo a deal with trump, and then there's a form of soft pressure and the real concern i'm hearing from post reporters from editors, from colum

jeff bezos admits what i've been saying. timing was terrible to drop the stink bomb before the election and shows a fear of donald trump because they have a testy relationship. jeff bezos does a lot of business with the federal government through amazon and blue origin rocket company. if trump wins which he seems to think is a strong possibility, he doesn't want to be on the enemy's list. >> dana: one of the things the "washington post" in terms of timing, it is interesting that just recently they did endorse the democratic candidate for maryland senate over the former republican governor who is very moderate, larry hogan, then they do this. what about the point of not being believed as the media? the media being a part of that. one other things in terms of cbs, abc and nbc, 78% of the coverage is positive for harris and 85% has been negative. >> that's the thing i agree with jeff bezos on. people don't trust the media for good reason. he has set back the post ten years with this blunder by which i mean ten years from now pe

>> yeah, these are the first public comments were hearing from jeff bezos after this surprising newsf the wash post would not endorse not only not north, but they had prepped and endorsement of the vice president that was then quashed by jeff bezos. and for the first time, he's coming out now in his own op-ed that was published in the washington post, he says essentially the mainstream media has lost a lot of trust by the general public they perceive it as biased and so ending this practice of endorsements will help build back up that trust. he said in part what presidential endorsements actually do is create a p perception of bias, perception of non-independence ending them is a principled decision and it's the right one. he did also talk about how the timing was on fortunately, he says it was an inadequate planning that he wished he had made it early because that's a lot of the issues that i hear from washington post staffers, actually, quite a few of them say, i actually liked the idea of the editorial board not endorsing anybody because it makes our jobs harder. the issue is that

i mean that, that of course, is that is the company for jeff bezos yeah. by the way as much as the post would like to keep up and subscriptions as much as baseless would like to see the posts keep up as scription, the amount of money that bezos has at stake at the post is a tiny fraction of the money that he has at stake. >> well, with amazon, right? and that's why he's decided to weigh his stake can amazon ahead of his interest as the owner of a major newspaper and that's a shame ai, again, people can cancel. some people can do what they want, but let's at least understand what's happening. and let's understand what a warning this is for the future because, you know, people worry about what donald trump may or may not do but here is sort of anticipatory capitulation on the part of a major media organization that is before he's even president. so imagine what it's gonna be like when he is president and does wield enormous power over how corporate how particular corporations do in this country? >> robert, i appreciate your time. i know it's a difficult day

and that is essentially jeff bezos argument. he's saying that people have lost trust in the media. they believe the media is biased, and that these types of endorsement endorsements only contribute to that perception of bias is when they're trying to rebuild the trust, want to read part of what he says. he says, i wish we had made the change earlier than we did in a moment further from the election and the emotions around it that was inadequate planning thank and not some intentional strategy. i would also like to be clear that no quid pro quo of any kind is at work here, and that's because of that meeting we saw on friday between former president donald trump and members of the blue origin jeff bezos, space space company. and there was a perception that this non-endorsement is coming at the same day of this meeting. there was also a meeting of the editorial board yesterday, led by david shipley, the opinions editor, and he is saying that he had tried to convince jeff bezos to still make this endorsement, that jeff bezos first expressed doubt back in september for with what he call

and when we come back, washington post owner jeff bezos defending his decision to block the newspaperdorsing a presidential candidate is thousands reportedly cancel their subscription over the move. now another news paper doing the same, we'll have that next it all comes down to this. we can now make a major projection. >> do we only cnn can bring it to you election night in america, special coverage begins tuesday, november 5 at four on cnn stay tuned to learn more about this limited time offer from renewal by anderson when it comes to our homes, we only want the very best, particularly when it comes to choosing replacement windows and doors. >> hi, i'm an romer thrilled to be with nick from renewal by anderson. >> thanks. and we believe that everyone deserves to have windows and doors. that look great. stand the test of time and don't break the bank and when are unpredictable weather, i got to tell you quality in durability super important absolutely. and that's where our fiber composite material truly shines. it's twice as strong as vinyl, so it's warranted not to crack or rot. and

this is where i'm going to go with bezos. why i hope in the aftermath, when harris wins, i think the democratic party needs to really have messaging that's anti-oligarch. because what's becoming here is fascist and dictators always have this group of people around them that they help make money, that they help empower, that use the leader and putin has this. hitler had this. and now in america, it's becoming the same thing here with donald trump, with bezos, with elon musk, and all the bros in silicon valley that are doing the same exact thing. >> yeah. >> i actually think a successful campaign against billionaires and oligarchs in america because this, i mean, that's actually something that can tie together a harris coalition and part of the trump coalition who is angry about this, who feel somebody else is doing that to them, the people who are doing this to them are the oligarchs. >> that's right. and here's the thing, i think that's really important because elon musk is not doing this because he likes donald trump. he's d

but the washington post itself reporting that it was ultimately spiked by owner jeff bezos. now some of the biggest names, both current and former in the water washington post are speaking out about this former editor, marty baron, who led the paper under bezos during the first trump administration, coming out swinging against his former boss, calling the decision not to run an endorsement cowardly. he also said that the explanation given that readers should make their own choice affable, given the timing, take a listen to what he had to say to cnn's michael smerconish the fact is that bezos has other commercial interests, as we know, he obviously founded amazon has a huge, big, big stake and amazon, he has a space company called blue origin trump has threatened to pursue soo his political enemies and he rewards his friends and he punishes his perceived political enemies. >> and i think there's no other explanation for what's happening right now. >> washington post publisher will lewis pushing back on the idea that jeff bezos was intimately involved in nixing the endorsement

it's on both sides, so i think the media i think bezos's on to something here.ould love to have trust in media of course 100%, i want them to be as objective as possible. and what's so bad about not endorsing a candidate and right, and good stories that are object. >> hey, i look, i, as i said at the top candidate endorsements, not my jam. i don't necessarily think paper should be doing it top to bottom on the ballot. but the other part of this is about the billionaire owner, right? which is not a new thing. >> at all in media, the la times didn't endorse, but for a different reason, according to the daughter of the papers owner who says it was about gaza, were suddenly starting to see these newspaper owners who maybe want it to be seen as these benevolent forces they're, they're putting their hands in there now today, didn't do it either, didn't they do it? >> i don't know if they really might be the yet for the rule because they normally didn't spend 2020, they did. >> so this is the thing with all of these papers and the case la times the father disagrees wit

the post reported the decision not to endorse was made by the papers owner, amazon founder jeff bezos. it will be the first time since jimmy carter's 1976 election that the paper won't be selecting a candidate in a washington post op-ed, louis expanded on the decision writing we recognize that this will be read in a range of ways, including as a tacit endorsement of one candidate or as a condemnation of another, or as an abdication of responsibility. that is inevitable. we don't see it that way. we see it as consistent with our values that the post has always stood for. and what we hope for in a leader, character, and courage in service to the american ethic veneration for the rule of law and respect for human freedom in all its aspects. we also see it as a statement in support of our reader's ability to make up their own minds on this, the most consequential of american decisions, whom to vote for as the next president. the decision comes shortly after the owner of the la times stop the newspaper from publishing its proposed endorsement of kamala harris in reaction, the head of its e

but we've not heard from bezos directly. my attempts to gain comment from bezos have gone unanswered. instead, we've heard from the publisher, as i mentioned, will lewis, he's been the face of the decision in a new statement on sunday, he refuted a claim that there was a quid pro quo between bezos and trump. here's what lewis said, quote, the decision the end presidential endorsements was made entirely internally and neither campaign nor candidate was given a heads-up. or consulted in any way at any level? that's important information, but it doesn't dispel the larger concern that i'm seeing from post readers if you look on the washington post website, you'll see lots of comments from readers who are worried that bezos might be giving into trump, even before election day, even before we know the results of the election. that's the concern. it's going to basically hang over the post for the foreseeable future. and as i said, this nightmare is not going away anytime soon. the editorial page editor is supposed to meet with his

bezos, meanwhile, is explaining his decision to block the endorsement.he news media." bezos writes, quote, "presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election. no undecided voters in pennsylvania are going to say, i'm going with the newspaper's endorsement. none. ending them as a principal decision, and it is the right one." he continues, "i wish we'd made the change earlier than we did. it was inadequate planning and not a strategy. no quid pro quo of any kind is at work here. one of my companies, blue origin, met with donald trump on the day of our announcement. i sighed when i found out because i knew it'd provide ammunition for those who frame this as anything other than a principled decision. there is no connection between it and our decision on presidential endorsements, and anything otherwise is false." "the los angeles times" also not endorsing a president in the 2024 race. joining us now, former editor of "the washington post," marty baron. you've been outspoken on this. what is your reaction to jeff bezos' piece this morning?

jeff bezos' case, right, he remembers when donald trump was president. jeff bezos ran amazon.ump do because he didn't like jeff? he raised postage prices. >> and what happened to the "washington post"? it soared. >> correct. the absurdity. jeff bezos has blue origin. elon musk has spacex. if jeff bezos thinks not endorsing kamala harris is going to get him closer to trump, elon musk is always going to be donald trump's numero uno. it's not going serve jeff bezos and trump likes punishing people. >> what is elon musk all about? >> oh, that's a whole separate show. >> go ahead. we have two hours. >> what do i think elon musk's about? i think elon musk, look, i am going to go back in history. i always thought -- i know it's a counter fact. many years ago president biden made a mistake -- shl i agree. >> pivotal mistake in his presidency, he held this conference around electric vehicles at the white house to herald electric vehicles. >> he drove a truck, right? >> invited mary barr, runs general motors, the ceo of ford, all the auto makers except for tesla. he didn't invite elon m

bezos is involved in space exploration.any area that is would touch in areas of federal regulation. i can't speak to his motivations but i can say that this does not look great for the post particularly when since when marty baron was editor. the post had framed itself as countering autocraciy, democracy dies in darkness was the slogan bezos had coined and decided to use as "the washington post" slogan. so now some people are seeing that bezos is caving to political pressure. amna: what are we seeing from editors and reporters and staff? >> the staff are very demoralized and upset. several of them have said to me and agree with this that maybe it's time to rethink whether presidential endorsements are useful. but you could have down that a year ago. we're only going to endorse in local and state race. most people made up their minds anyway. i think that would have been a very reasonable decision. that's not what happened here. it was the opposite at both the post and the "l.a. times." the expectation of an endorsement writt

bezos also denied allegations that a meeting between donald trump and the ceo of bezos blue origin aerospaceompany, the same day as the announcement had any influence on bezos, saying, quote, i would also like to be clear that no quid pro quo of any kind is at work here. neither campaign nor candidate was consulted or informed at any level or in any way about this decision. 200,000 people have reportedly canceled their subscriptions, and at least four post employees have resigned. >> law enforcement agencies, including the fbi, are now investigating a series of ballot box fires in the pacific northwest. one incident happened overnight in portland, oregon, just a block away from the multnomah county elections office. and in vancouver, washington, a ballot box was set on fire at a transit center. officials in vancouver say this is the second time a ballot box has been set on fire in the city. the last incident happened earlier in the month. police say they believe all three fires may be connected. >> we don't know the motive behind this. these acts sounds like a series of three at this point,

bezos sites of former editor or owner, i think of the washington post back, i think, i mean decades and decades ago as somebody who didn't want there to be endorsements, right? >> and this is true of 50, 60 years ago, the post did not endorse, but in modern history, the post has more importantly for a lot of the post columnist, the opinion writers, they don't believe this is important to endorse, endorse harris as it is to condemn donald trump. they believe trump because a threat to the american free press, and that he will impose draconian restrictions. and those fears are palpable in other newsrooms as well. i think that's why the story has resonated so wide and so far. but bezos, he's saying he's trying to do the right thing, trying to restore trust in the media. >> brian stelter. thanks. the news continues right here on cnn brian steed and i'm here today to support kamala harris and tim walz and to oppose donald trump and jd vance we have to stop getting so offended at every little thing of the united states are i'm so over it. >> but that'd that she i'm the opposite of a nazi. >> n

jeff bezos is putting a lid on it issue arguably saving journalism. third hour of varney starts now. >> i take it you're in favor of this service delivery models >> i think it's great. paper shouldn't be endorsing anyone for this point. it's not the 50s. they should be reporting the news and feels like they're tipping the scale when is they do endorse and i'll tell you this, i've been a libertarian for a long time and not a member of the libertarian party and by in large, i tend to vote for libertarian candidates ask my person won't get elected and try being a libertarian and you'll be disappointed and tend to not get that emotionally involved in the outcomes but the journalists are and they've gotten too emotional and the more you are, jeff bezos had to cut costs and that's how you make money and the bottom line and we hear about a massive contract that amazon would have with the pentagon and might not want to upset a person he'd be non-endorsing. >> stuart: that side of the coin and reporters and trump in the garbage truck in wisconsin and we want y

and now we've heard from jeff bezos himself last evening. what say you?ch high emotions and fever pitch that every single thing that breaks seems to be the eternal crisis. but the issue in the media industry is so large that i suspect that this will move out of the news pretty quickly, because we're in for a bloodbath in a few days, and i think that is going to consume the public. and i think in most crisis situations what it comes down to is what you're competing with. and i think the media, the post, the "l.a. times," are competing with something much larger than a debate about journalism, given what's about to happen. >> and that bloodbath is a result of what? >> the election. i think that this is not going to be easily resolved. i mean, i think that what's fascinating to me from a crisis management perspective about trump is that what goes around never comes around, not even a little bit. you would have thought that the rally at madison square garden at any time would have been a career killer, a campaign killer. that doesn't seem to be the case. i th

plus jeff bezos breaks his silence. the washington post owner drops an op-ed in his own paper explaining why he blocked the endorsement of kamala harris and hulk hogan is on trump's side of the ring, but harris has a wrestler in her own corner mick foley, ak mankind is my guest tonight on laura coates sliwa polls at a virtual standstill. >> you might be wondering, are there really any voters whose minds can still be changed? well, after what happened on trump's new york city rally play last night, some in his camp are worried about this very argument was overshadowed by controversy. one source close to trump says, quote, i am livid especially over this comment from a comedian who as part of a trump warmup act at the garden there's a lot going on like, i don't know if you guys know this, but there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. >> yeah. >> i think it's called puerto rico that's just by the way, one example it puts malice at the palace to shame call this one, maybe grievance

jeff bezos, owner of "the washington post" said, no, "the washington post" will not endorse kamala harrisendorsed joe biden and hillary clinton. this is happening 56 the "l.a. times," the minneapolis star "minneapolis star tribune" won't endorse them either. is america finally at a tipping point away from the far-left craziness? are big tech and big newspapers now betting trump could win? first, this story. chalk. ♪ ♪ elizabeth: okay, former president trump, he's about to hold a rally in michigan. the first of two in the battleground state this weekend. crowds again lining up for hours. fox news' mark meredith joins us live from the scene in travers city, michigan, with the story. mark, it's great to have you on. >> reporter: liz, always a pleasure. the good news too, this time of year the weather's actually pretty decent here in north michigan this time of year as we get closer and closer to november. the former president, as you mentioned, does have quite the crowd at this airport tarmac. he is expected to be here about three hours from now, likely to give a lengthy speech. this is his

i will say this, something, i want to know what changed for jeff bezos.uldn't we? i do think there is this fear of retribution thing. if jay fields owes is concerned about retribution than i, then what is going on, people? when it comes to the l.a. times, that owner, he is best friends with elon musk and there was a twitter exchange where elon musk said good job, go and go. who both stopped and you do with that what you will. i will just, you know, it is the papers. i think about the judge to think , look at how donald trump came after his daughter and now we will sentence him postelection. it is courts, it is all of this. >> will he sentence himself when this is all said and done? will he really? >> how dare you. such a rhetorical question. >>> stick around. we've got another hour, big hour of "the weekend" ahead, including marco lyons, information expert coming up on "the weekend". the weeken. d" n is just the beginning. level up to even toned, radiant skin. new vaseline radiant x body lotion with 1% niacinamide. level up to even toned skin. before taki

ed: jeff bezos, an incredibly rich person in the world of technology, he owns the washington post.ake this basic facts and explain the significance of the action. michael: the significance cannot be overstated. it is another twist in an election that has had a historic number of surprises already. it even caught the attention of kamala harris this morning. she was interviewed on a syndicated radio program calling it disappointed but also tying jeff bezos, the world's second richest man, to donald trump and other billionaires, saying these are the people, the billionaires that donald trump is likely to support rather than mainstream americans. we do see our own analysis at bloomberg indicates more billionaires have donated for the trump candidacy than non-billionaires. when it comes to the tech industry, we see a reversal of polarity. we see more wealthy tech founders, especially people like eric schmidt and bill gates, they have thrown in with kamala harris, but overall harris is using the moment to point to what she sees as billionaires leaning toward donald trump. caroline: one b

jeff bezos in op-ed said there was no quid pro quo, we are doing this so the people can make up their. at the same time it looks to a lot of people like those two things happened exactly at the same time. he says it was a coincidence. >> ainsley: jeff bezos said he didn't know blue origin was meeting with donald trump. he said i sighed when i found out because i knew it would provide ammunition, which it has to those who would like to frame this as anything other than a principled decision. >> steve: right. >> ainsley: he didn't know about it. i would love to see a show of hands how many of y'all have ever voted for someone only because "the washington post" has endorsenned or another newspaper. [laughter] exactly it. doesn't really matter. i love amazon, that matters to me. i care more about that than the newspaper's decision who they are going to endorse. >> brian: minnesota star tribune, governor walz. they will not endorse. the tampa bay times says they will not endorse. >> ainsley: i think it's good for journalism. >> brian: big picture, if trump is able to win. he never had one

there's been widespread speculation about bezos ties, his other companies and ties to the governmentt contracts. it's also worth noting usa today and the los angeles times have also decided not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential race. those decisions also greeted with some outrage. >>> next up here we'll turn to sports and the los angeles dodgers are now just one win away from their 8th world series championship in their franchise history. we'll have the highlights from last night's win in the bronx. >>> also, an #hall of famer is defending his new statue after it was widely mocked on social media. all of that and a look at the weather forecast. it certainly appears to be gloomy there in the bronx. we'll be right back. >>> it's a fast ball. it's ripped down the line. it is gone! a fifth consecutive world series game with a freddie freeman home run. >> freddie freeman's third home run in as many games of this world series. a two-run shot in the first inning gave the dodgers an early lead, they would not relinquish. freemen making his case for mvp. to put the dodgers on th

jeff bezos response is, why wouldn't we endorse? this is a race between who?" had grave reservations about. since then "the post" has done crusading reporting from its news team about, just as you highlighted so deftally trump's role in office, covering accused improprieties and alleged wrongdoings by then president trump and his circle and the editorial page has so often argued that since then trump has been proven unfit for office particularly in light of what happened in january of 2021. well, shipley came back this morning at his 11:00 meeting to tell his editorial board, in fact, what he had known for some days, which is bezos had vetoed that and said that he would not -- there would be no editorial endorsement from "the post. "it set off a firestorm inside the newsroom and you've seen online and in person outside the newsroom as well. >> can i show you what donald trump said yesterday about journalists and the press? >> sure. >> they're just bad people. and until we get a fair and free press in this country, they're just bad people. they're the enemy of

the washington post themselves is reporting that it was there aos, the washington post owner, jeff bezos, one of the richest men in the world who ultimately spiked it's, there's a lot of anger in the newsroom, as you noted, we have our first resignation, bob kagan and editor at large, confirming to me that he is resigning as a result of this non-endorsement, members of the editorial board are furious. they're telling cnn that they felt blindsided. others are questioning the timing. why is this coming out just two weeks ahead of the election? marty baron, the former editor famous editor of the washington post, tweeting, this is cowardice, this democracy as its casualty saying donald trump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner jeff bezos and others, disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage, the big question now is why, why did jeff bezos decide to spike this this potential endorsement? because remember, in marty baron zone book collision of power, he says that in 2016, then publisher fred ryan wanted to not make an endorsement and jeff bezos, accord

here's a bit afoot jeff bezos writes. presidential endorsements do nothing to to the skills of an election. no undecided voters in pennsylvania are going to say i'm going to go with newspaper a's endorsement. none. what it does is create a perception of bias, a perception of non-independence. ending them is a principle decision, jeff bezos says, and the right one. washington post from 1933-1946 thought the same, and he was right. declining to endorse presidential candidates is not enough to move us very far up the trust scale, but it is a meaningful step in the right direction, jeff bezos says. i wish we made the change earlier than we did in a moment further from the election and the emotions around it. that was inadequate planning and not an intentional strategy. jeff bezos in the washington post today if you want to read his piece, it is available online. it's just after 7:30 on the east coast, seven days from election day. bruce in indiana on the undecided line. are you with us? caller: yes. host: go ahead. caller: he

donald trump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate jeff bezos and others. last i checked, the washington post tagline was democracy dies in darkness. >> when bear was in charge absolutely it was. you know. i'm from nebraska. north omaha, to be specific, and to me, the non-endorsements, what that says is if these powerful papers who are helmed by these billionaires are concerned about what donald trump could potentially do to them, if he comes to power, if they weigh in in this race than how am i going to survive? i agree with you. i don't think people are going to make their decision based on what the washington post is going to say. however it does indicate like if all these papers are endorsing someone, it says something, that their campaign is doing well but i do think it matters if papers are choosing not to endorse for fear of what could happen. >> do you think you're changing hearts and minds talking right here on a friday night? i mean, the people who are of -- watching the show has already made up their minds, right? >> [ inaudible ] it is fear. doe

i don't think jeff bezos says he is scared but making a smart business decision, it is fear. people are making decisions because they are scared of trump. >> i think we have so many other important things 10 days before the election. i just don't -- i am part of the media, you are part of the media i don't think we are going to look back november 6th and say i really wish "the washington post,"." >> i guess you are not hearing what i am saying. >> not moving hearts and minds but it is are billionaire owners shaping the way we hear the news. >> in 2016, there was a question should we endorse and jeff bezos said why wouldn't we. the question is, if he was saying no problem, of course we should in 2016 what has happened that he is saying no let's stay out of that game. all right, let's move on, donald trump sat down with joe rogan for three hours, clearly making a play for male voters do you think it is working? >> i don't know. it is an interesting play, right? if you want voters on your side you want women, they turn out. >> you want everybody, yes, and you can see kamala harr

and it's like jeff bezos has this person at his disposal.what do you think about this, i'm weighing back and forth, i'm a little scared, and he would have probably said the same thing ian said to him, this is a loser in the medium to long term, you're going to go down the path of whoever that russian guy was if you do this, and he has to be stopped now. and that's the obvious thing to do, and for all the people in the world out there right now, immigrants, family member of immigrants, trans kids, the people -- the shaye and ruby moss and every person that is going to go out next tuesday to work at their voting place and be menaced by some maga freak, all of those people are putting themselves on the line, and fact that a billionaire can't. >> it's appalling. >> appalling. >> to be continued? go yankees? alicia menendez, tim miller, ian bhasin, thank you so much. when we come back, former first lady michelle obama with a warning about what a second trump presidency means for every woman in america. that story and much more is next. woman in a

we are also learning that trump met with leaders from bezos' aerospace company yesterday. used to be an opinions editor for the post. what do you make of this and what motivated it? >> yeah. it's a crazy story. media companies need better pr teams, first and foremost. secondly, i have great respect for the "washington post" opinions department, the editorial board, david shipley runs the department and is so wonderful and lovely. i think this story really should call into question whether or not jeff bezos should own the "washington post." whether or not he is even up for the job. whether or not he respects the job of journalist to the degree that is necessary in these trying times. whether he is able to manage the "washington post" and not view it as a conflict of interest with other entities that he owns or has stake in. when we see photos and learn that donald trump is meeting with executives from blue origin, that certainly raises eyebrows as to whether or not jeff bezos was motivated not to endorse this time around, not to allow the opinion department to do what it ha

trump has threatened to go after bezos's business basis runs one of the largest companies in america. they have tremendously intricate good relations with the federal government that depend on the federal government. and trump has made it clear that he will oppose, will attack media organizations that are critical of him. the post has had no trouble endorsing presidential candidates up until now. and by the way, this argument that they're making, that somehow they want to become above it all on this thing. they've endorsed all kinds of candidates in this election season. they endorse the democratic nominee in maryland. they've endorsed other democratic nominees. so is it just only in the race that donald trump happens to be running in that they've decided not to endorse it it's absurd on brownstein is a cnn senior political analysts and senior editor at the atlantic. >> and he joins us now from los angeles, ron we are about ten days out here. >> you know, we keep saying it as if it's a cliche, but statistically poll. >> after poll shows an absolute toss up. but what do you make of it

>> jeff bezos, he remembers when donald trump was president.ump do because he didn't like jeff? he raised postage prices. >> and what happened to the washington post? it soared. >> correct. if jeff bezos thinks now not endorsing kamala harris will get him closer to trump? donald trump will always be donald trump's numero uno. >> what is elon musk all about? >> that's a whole separate show. >> go ahead. we have two hours. >> what do i think elon musk is about? i think elon musk look, i always thought. i think many years ago president biden made a mistake actually. a pivotal mistake early on in his presidency. he held this conference around electric vehicle at the white house to herald electric vehicles. >> i remember. he drove a truck right? >> and he invited mary barr, the ceo of ford. and everybody except tesla. he didn't invite elon musk though they were the only ones making electric cars and deserve to be heralded on that score at a minimum. and i think that elon musk in that moment and you could see his feelings were hurt. but you know what

not necessarily with bezos himself but with the company which speaks to questions as to whether or not way influenced by their own personal business interests. so, that raises a great point, howie. howie: at the l.a. times, three top editors resigned in protest. the owner, patrick sushong said he wants to be less divisive in this polarized atmosphere. that would have been fine if they said that six months ago or three months from now. his daughter says she was involved in the process and this is really about the us financing genocide in gaza so they are unhappy with the position there. so, what's your takeaway from both of these cases? >> yeah, in the instance of the daughter particularly fascinating because then you have a paper questioning, you know, how broadly the entire family is having an influence not just on the editorial page but potentially on what's covered in the newspaper itself. the times owner, as you mentioned, he had put out a statement. he said i have no regrets whatsoever. in fact i think it was exactly the right decision. the process was to decide how do we actually

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questions about jeff bezos the owner of the paper why they decided to do this. the publisher and ceo william lewis wrote our job is a newspaper of capital city of the most important country in the world is to be independent. and that is what we are going to be. let's bring immediate buzz host howie kirks to pc worked at "washington post" for nearly 3 decades. great to have you back today. what to make of this? >> this is a profile and noncourage. absolute would thing out. jeff bezos does have the right to do this but at the same time the other 364 days earlier liberal "washington post" tells us what to think about everything. every issue under the son and all of a sudden comes onto the most important question like we couldn't possibly give you our opinion now. so i think jeff bezos by the way does a lot of business with the federal government through his company through amazon and he may fear that trump is going to win and he doesn't want to exacerbate already testy relationship. >> i do find it interesting how many entities have decided to stay on the sidelines

ryan: one hundred percent, also, makes me mistrust media even more jeff bezos putting his jean above the paper agenda lost 200,000 subscribers came out did not endorse anybody. maria: right. >>. ryan: isn't political moves says this is more makes me less more skeptical, of these big media outlets i think a big problem i think people yeah they take this with a grain of salt don't look at this for real information. maria: we've been trying to show policy show which policy will impact the american people, i think ryan, the policy that wall street investors are worried about is taxes, and you know kamala harris wanting to containing corporate tax rate up to 28% what will do that to corporations with regard to, you know, if paying 28% corporate tax is that going to come out of hiring plans, or investment plans in, et cetera? >> i think one hundred percent inflation, because what do businesses do raise prices on consumer, you have regulation, has been brutal four years already a tax on companies add taxes on top of that i think why hearing so many businesspeople go with trump campaign, or

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this is deeply serious. >> jeff bezos has been breached. whether the opinion pages has endorsed the candidate they wanted to endorse. >> and these are the opinion pages to be clear . >> it is the opinion pages and it means something. i think actually the striking thing is the most powerful people in society, ali, the jeff bezoses of the world, it would be nice if they safeguard a society when there is a threat or sinister forces trying to seize power. instead, you are seeing them kiss the ring. and the journalists who make far less money than these billionaires with less power than they do, they are the ones resigning in protest taking a stand saying, democracy is on the line and were going to hold this line the best we can. >> both papers are facing massive cancellations. tell me about this? >> obviously, readers are going to be upset. if you go on x or twitter or whatever it is called these days or threads, they tell me i am canceling my subscriptions. the problem is if you are a subscriber to the washington post, you expect that newspape