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This is the Friends of History Debating Society.

I am Gaius. Germanicus is here.

We are our first century A.D. men, reading the New Yorker in the 21st century.

And we are self-confessed astonished at what we're reading.

The title, Marty Barron on the Washington Post's spineless, in quotes,

endorsement decision, subhead the former executive editor

Marty Barron discusses his relationship with the newspaper's owner Jeff

Bezos the second most successful man in the solar system, who was

reportedly behind the last minute call to kill an editorial supporting Kamala Harris. This is an interview by Isaac

Schottner at the New Yorker.

Dramaticus, I did not expect this, nor did I expect the Washington Post not to endorse Pamela Harris.

And now the New Yorkers interview suggests that Bezos is a villain.

Bezos, to my memory, paid an enormous sum of money

to own the Washington Post personally.

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