Democracy Dies in Darkness

"Democracy Dies in Darkness" is the motto of The Washington Post ...

[...] "Democracy Dies in Darkness" was the first slogan to be officially adopted by The Washington Post in its 140-year history. According to the newspaper, the phrase was popularized by investigative journalist Bob Woodward. Woodward used the phrase in a 2007 piece criticizing government secrecy, and referenced the phrase during a 2015 presentation at a conference when he talked about The Last of the President's Men, his book about the Watergate scandal. Woodward said he did not coin the phrase himself, instead attributing the phrase to a judge ruling on a First Amendment case, believed to be from Circuit Judge Damon Keith. The paper's owner Jeff Bezos, who attended Woodward's 2015 presentation, also used the phrase in a May 2016 interview. The newspaper said it decided to adopt an official slogan in early 2016 ...

Ironic, now that The Post (and The Los Angeles Times) has decided not to endorse a candidate for president in 2024 ...

Washington Post Says It Will Stop Endorsing Presidential Candidates

A debate inside The Washington Post continued for days among its top leaders: Should it make an endorsement in the presidential race, continuing a decades-long tradition? In the end, Jeff Bezos, the paper’s billionaire owner, decided that the answer was no ...

And ...

L.A. Times Editorial Chief Quits After Owner Blocks Harris Endorsement

The head of The Los Angeles Times’s editorial board resigned on Wednesday after the paper’s owner quashed a presidential endorsement for Vice President Kamala Harris. In an interview with Columbia Journalism Review, Mariel Garza, who held the title editorials editor, said she had quit because “I want to make it clear that I am not OK with us being silent. In dangerous times, honest people need to stand up. This is how I’m standing up.” ...

So, at the end of the day, the rich businessmen who own these papers, afraid Trump will win, have decided not to incur his wrath by taking sides against him.

Cowards.