Over 200,000 people canceled their subscriptions in the first few days following news that The Washington Post would not endorse any presidential candidate.
8% is not that huge a chunk. All they have to do is lay off 20% of staff, and they make it back with some margin. The quality of the reporting will suffer, but isn’t it going to suffer regardless, now that we know that the owner is under Trump’s tiny thumb?
Yeah, that’s the real damage, honestly. The short-term loss of subscribers will pinch them. But the longer term reputational/credibility damage is the real problem.
They are never going to win over the right. They are basically doing what CNN tried - to play both sides. It didn’t work for CNN, and it won’t work for the WP.
8% is not that huge a chunk. All they have to do is lay off 20% of staff, and they make it back with some margin. The quality of the reporting will suffer, but isn’t it going to suffer regardless, now that we know that the owner is under Trump’s tiny thumb?
Yeah, that’s the real damage, honestly. The short-term loss of subscribers will pinch them. But the longer term reputational/credibility damage is the real problem.
They are never going to win over the right. They are basically doing what CNN tried - to play both sides. It didn’t work for CNN, and it won’t work for the WP.