Owners kowtowing to . . . ?
Article in The Guardian 10/26/24 by Lois Beckett
Headline: “ ‘Anticipitory obedience’: newspapers’ refusal to endorse shines light on billionaire owners’ motives”
Subhead: “The Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post both declined to endorse a “candidate – a sign of political media capture”
“When two American billionaires blocked the newspapers they own from endorsing Kamala Harris this month, they tried to frame the decision as an act of civic responsibility.”
“. . . Veteran journalists and media critics are using a very different phrase to describe Soon-Shiong’s and Bezos’s choice: they’re saying the two billionaires, among the richest men on the entire globe, are performing ‘anticipatory obedience’ to Donald Trump.”