Washington Post Kowtows to Donald Trump, Declines to Run Ad Asking That He Fire Elon Musk.

The Washington Post this week backed out of a “Fire Elon Musk” advertising order that was to run as a wrap on some of its Tuesday editions, according to the advocacy group Common Cause.

The group said it signed a $115,000 agreement with The Post to run the ad that would have covered the front and back page of the Tuesday paper as well as a full-page ad with the same theme inside the paper. It said it planned to purchase the ad in collaboration with the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund.

The ad’s design features a large picture of Musk with his head tilted back, laughing, along with a cutout image of the White House and large white text: “Who’s running this country: Donald Trump or Elon Musk?”

https://thehill.com/media/5148497-washington-post-backs-out-of-fire-elon-musk-ad-order/

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soar2newhighs

Do you know if it was a contract agreed by the paper and groups(s) wanting the ad run? Or was it discussed and no money handed over?

Did the paper get the money, do you know?

If it was an agreement where one party got payment, I would think the group(s) wanting the ad run would have a legal case to take to court.

On both sides of the aisle we may well be experiencing I g the loss of “ freedom of the press”
Replaced by “ bought, owned and beholden” to political forces and other powerful entities who say what goes into or does not go into the newspaper.

ElwoodBlues · M

They said it; they know.

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