Friday, 06 Dec On this day ...
Hoffman, Bernstein, Woodward, Redford at All the Presidents Men event, 1976. Image via Warner Bros
Q1. Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, instructed his editorial board not to endorse a candidate in this year's presidential election, or in future elections.
Bezos said saying endorsements "create a perception of bias."
Do you think endorsements create a perception of bias, and do you think Bezos did the right thing?
Bezos said saying endorsements "create a perception of bias."
Do you think endorsements create a perception of bias, and do you think Bezos did the right thing?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Create perception of bias, right to drop
53%
65%
42%
94%
52%
12%
60%
55%
52%
46%
Create perception, wrong to drop
15%
9%
20%
3%
21%
25%
11%
11%
18%
17%
Don't create perception, right to drop
1%
1%
1%
2%
1%
1%
0%
1%
1%
3%
Don't create perception, wrong to drop
27%
23%
32%
1%
19%
56%
28%
26%
26%
30%
Don't know
2%
1%
3%
0%
3%
4%
1%
4%
1%
1%
Don't care
1%
1%
1%
1%
3%
2%
0%
2%
1%
2%
Q2. News reports say the Post lost 200,000 of its 2.5m subscribers in the wake of the announcement not to endorse a candidate. (The editorial board had prepared an endorsement of Kamala Harris before Bezos instructed them to drop it.)
Do you think the lack of endorsement will impact the 2024 presidential election, or impact the number of Post subscribers in the long run?
Do you think the lack of endorsement will impact the 2024 presidential election, or impact the number of Post subscribers in the long run?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Don't care
2%
2%
2%
3%
4%
0%
0%
1%
3%
2%
Q3. Do you think Bezos dropped the endorsement to help either major party presidential candidate, or to help any of his three major business interests? (Check all that you think the dropping of endorsements was intended to help.)
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Donald Trump
34%
28%
40%
11%
36%
56%
27%
30%
35%
41%
Kamala Harris
2%
2%
3%
2%
1%
2%
0%
2%
4%
2%
Blue Origin
38%
40%
36%
23%
41%
53%
56%
36%
31%
38%
Amazon
47%
44%
48%
31%
54%
60%
51%
48%
42%
49%
Washington Post
39%
48%
30%
43%
40%
34%
56%
47%
28%
34%
None of these
17%
15%
19%
28%
13%
6%
23%
12%
19%
13%
Don't know
9%
6%
11%
11%
10%
6%
1%
7%
14%
8%
Don't care
3%
4%
3%
5%
6%
1%
0%
6%
4%
3%
If your ability to make a living depended on knowing the true facts as they pertain to major news and current events, which sources would you rely on most? (choose up to 3)
37% AP
35% BBC
28% NPR
24% Fox News
17% NYT
16% WSJ, Newsmax
15% CNN
14% WaPo
12% Breitbart
5% USA Today
3% Twitter
2% Facebook
Which of these newspaper purchases by wealthy individuals would you undo if you could?
30% Rupert Murdoch buys WSJ
17% Sheldon Adelson buys LV Review Journal
14% Sam Zell buys LA Times, Chicago Tribune
12% Jeff Bezos buys WaPo
5% John Henry buys Boston Globe
30% None of these
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