Elon Musk Publicly Praises Fellow Billionaire Jeff Bezos for Killing Washington Post's Kamala Endorsement

Elon Musk praised Jeff Bezos's latest op-ed explaining why he chose to prevent the outlet he owns from endorsing Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential elections, a move that triggered more than 200,000 canceled subscriptions and a series of resignations at the company.

Musk quoted a publication from venture capitalist Katherine Boyle in which she shared an excerpt from Bezos's op-ed with the caption, "Kudos to @JeffBezos for telling the newsroom the hard, bitter truth: there's nothing wrong with the readers." "Indeed, kudos to @JeffBezos," Musk wrote.

The excerpt shared by Boyle read: "Reality is an undefeated champion. It would be easy to blame others for our long and continuing fall in credibility (and, therefore, decline in impact), but a victim mentality will not help. Complaining is not a strategy. We must work harder to control what we can control to increase our credibility."

Bezos, who bought The Post for $250 million in 2013, further stood by his decision by claiming that "presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election." He also said he wanted "to be clear that no quid pro quo of any kind is at work here."

Bezos went on say that journalists and media companies must do better to rebuild credibility, adding that his ownership has not affected the paper's reporting.

"You are of course free to make your own determination, but I challenge you to find one instance in those 11 years where I have prevailed upon anyone at The Post in favor of my own interests. It hasn't happened."

However, some recalled a 2021 article published on Common Dreams, an independent, nonprofit progressive news site, noting that The Washington Post ran an Amazon ad hailing its recent wage increase even though "the company was dragged kicking and screaming to that wage increase" while it "continued to fund groups that strenuously oppose a $15 minimum wage, like the US Chamber of Commerce."