WaPo published glowing assessment of Trump's East Wing demolition w/o disclosing Bezos is a donor

[Miles Archer]

The Washington Post editorial board published a glowing assessment of President Donald Trump's move to demolish the White House East Wing and replace it with a massive ballroom paid for by hundreds of millions in corporate donations without disclosing that the flagship company of the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, was one of those donors.

The article from the I's editorial board, titled "In Defense Of The White House Ballroom," positioned opponents of the project as "NIMBYs" (or Not In My Back Yard activists, blanket opposed to new development near their home or work.) "The White House cannot simply be a museum to the past. Like America, it must evolve with the times to maintain its greatness. Strong leaders reject calcification," the article concluded.

However, according to NPR, the original version of the article that went to print "did not initially disclose" that Amazon, the online retail giant that is Bezos' central company, "was a major corporate contributor in helping to defray those costs."

"On Sunday, the newspaper inserted an acknowledgement of the Amazon donation into the editorial – but only once the veteran news executive Bill Grueskin, now at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, noted its absence in a social media post and made inquiries at the paper," reported NPR's David Folkenflik. Moreover, even once the addition was made, it was not flagged for readers.

https://www.rawstory.com/jeff-bezos-2674239204/

[Irish_Dem]

1. The level of corruption is mind boggling.

[tanyev]

2. Jeff can donate a beeyootiful, beeyootiful rug in honor of the Washington Post groveling before Trump.