Ukukhutshwa okukhulu kwiWashington Post emva kwesigqibo esiphikisanayo nguJeff Bezos
IWashington Post, iphephandaba elidumileyo lemihla ngemihla kwikomkhulu laseMelika, likwingxaki engazange ibonwe emva kwesigqibo esinempikiswano ngumnini walo, uJeff Bezos. Owokugqibela uye wavala umhleli kwiphephandaba exhasa uKamala Harris kunyulo lukamongameli waseMelika. Isiphumo: Ababhalisi be-250, okanye malunga ne-000% yesiseko sababhalisi bedijithali bephephandaba, bagqiba ekubeni bangazibhali ngoqhanqalazo.
Ukusukela ngo-1976, iWashington Post yathatha isikhundla ngexesha lamaphulo kamongameli, ngakumbi yaba ngumgxeki oshushu wolawulo lukaTrump. Kulo nyaka, nangona kunjalo, uBezos kunye nomphathi oyintloko wephephandaba, uWilliam Lewis, bagqibe kwelokuba basijike eso siko ngokubhengeza ukuba eli phephandaba liza kuhlala lingathathi cala kugqatso lweWhite House. Esi sigqibo, esijolise "ukubuyela kwiingcambu" zobuntatheli beendaba ezicocekileyo nezingenamkhethe, zabhengezwa kwikholamu kaLewis, owaqinisekisa ukuba iphephandaba liya kuphinda liyeke nayiphi na inkxaso kunyulo lukamongameli oluzayo.
Ukuhamba kweentatheli kunye nengxaki yokuzithemba
Esi sikhundla, nangona kunjalo, samkelwa kakubi ngaphakathi kunye noluntu. Amalungu aliqela ebhodi yokuhlela arhoxile, kuquka nentatheli eyaphumelela iBhaso likaPulitzer uDavid Hoffman. Ngokutsho kweminye imithombo, esi sigqibo sinokubonwa njengendlela yokuhlola okanye ukuzijonga ngaphakathi kwabasebenzi bokuhlela.
UJeff Bezos wagxininisa ukukhanyela nayiphi na impembelelo yeminqweno yakhe yobuqu kwesi sigqibo kwaye wacacisa ukuba le ndlela ijolise ekuqiniseni ukuzimela kwephephandaba. Wongeze ngelithi izikhundla ezithathwe ngoonondaba zinempembelelo encinci kukhetho lwabavoti nangona kunjalo. Nangona kunjalo, le ngxaki ibeka umva etafileni umbuzo wokuzimela kweendaba zaseMelika kunye nobudlelwane babo kunye nomdla wabanini babo.
IWashington Post, ebikwazile ukoyisa ixesha elinzima lezoqoqosho ngenxa yenkxaso yeBezos, ngoku ibona ikamva layo lingaqinisekanga. Njengoko ukhetho lukamongameli lusondela, umbuzo wempembelelo kunye nokuzimela kweendaba eziqhelekileyo ziba ngumcimbi oyintloko.
