ARI FLEISCHER: I was a White House press secretary. Here's why I back Bezos' Washington Post decision

The caller meltdown astatine the Washington Post by reporters who objected to nan neutral position by nan paper’s editorial page successful nan statesmanlike title shows that if journalism – a business that lacks spot and is successful diminution – is going to beryllium saved, journalists are nan past group to whom newspaper owners should listen.  

Journalists are nan ones who person created nan existent messiness known arsenic journalism. The overwhelming mostly of journalists coming are retired of touch pinch nan American people. They are liberal and that is why truthful galore of them are upset that the Post failed to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president. 

They can’t guidelines erstwhile President Donald Trump. They want and request their values and virtues re-affirmed. When they’re not, they scream.

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Just recently, Gallup reported that spot successful nan media by nan American group is astatine a grounds low. When asked, "how overmuch spot and assurance do you person successful nan wide media -- specified arsenic newspapers, TV and power -- erstwhile it comes to reporting nan news fully, accurately and fairly," 69% said they had small aliases nary spot successful nan property to show nan news straight.  

Billionaire Amazon laminitis Jeff Bezos owns nan Washington Post. Many of his newspaper staffers are angry astatine nan cancelation of a planned Kamala Harris endorsement. (AP)

The media has been successful diminution for decades. Reporters don’t care. It doesn’t matter really overmuch spot and money they lose, journalists, particularly successful Washington, D.C. and New York City, are fierce defenders of a dying position quo. They garbage to alteration because they deliberation what they’re doing is correct and nan American people, particularly Trump supporters, are wrong. 

When I was property caput to President George W. Bush successful nan early 2000s, nan media scenery began to change. Reporters who ever were wide had antecedently believed their jobs were to beryllium adjacent and neutral. After Hurricane Katrina, nan aftermath of which nan property blamed connected nan Bush administration, successful opposition to their sum of nan Biden White House for nan aftermath of Hurricane Helene, reporters progressively enjoyed being activists, equipped pinch opinions, not facts, particularly arsenic societal media emerged. 

They swooned erstwhile Barack Obama emerged successful 2008 and astir went into virtual afloat guidance erstwhile Trump entered authorities successful 2016. 

Today, astir journalists are thinly disguised activists for wide politicians and causes. The Democratic-media business analyzable runs deep. From publicity schoolhouse students who are overwhelmingly Democratic to wide J-school professors to astir newsrooms today, liberals are successful power and conservatives are difficult to find, extracurricular a fewer constricted outlets. 

That’s why nan non-endorsement was truthful jarring to them. Too galore of them person nan aforesaid left-wing world view. The sensible thought of neutrality is shocking to them, particularly if it involves Trump. 

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But if spot successful publicity is going to beryllium restored, Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is showing nan way. It will beryllium done neutrality and fairness. 

The American group want to beryllium told nan facts and nan truth without spin, and they are tin of analyzing what a communicative intends and what conclusions they should scope without being dictated to by nan media. They’re fed up pinch one-sided opinions disguised arsenic stories aliases analyses.  

Today, astir journalists are thinly disguised activists for wide politicians and causes. The Democratic-media business analyzable runs deep. From publicity schoolhouse students who are overwhelmingly Democratic to wide J-school professors to astir newsrooms today, liberals are successful power and conservatives are difficult to find, extracurricular a fewer constricted outlets. 

Reporters coming are mostly incapable of neutrality, particularly erstwhile it comes to Trump. That’s why Bezos’ non-endorsement is important. He conscionable delivered what astir Americans want, contempt nan protests by biased newsroom and editorial page staffers. Today’s journalists are driving their manufacture into bankruptcy and ruin. They’re neither trusted nor profitable. They are nan past group media owners should perceive to.  

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If publicity is going to beryllium saved, it will return owners who are dedicated to fairness and neutrality. If newsrooms don’t agree, nan owners should get caller newsrooms.  

For immoderate logic Bezos did this, different media moguls should do it too, not conscionable connected nan editorial page but successful newsrooms everywhere. It’s nan only measurement publicity will beryllium saved and spot restored. 

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