The outrage over Jeff Bezos’ decision to end presidential endorsements at the Washington Post hasn’t quite faded yet. Last night the Post itself published a piece on the ongoing backlash from readers, many of whom are protesting the decision by canceling their subscriptions.
The outrage at the decision has been swift — from Post readers, journalism leaders, politicians and dismayed employees. A cancellation movement swept through social networks. Instead of using an internal analytics tool to check traffic to their own stories, some Post journalists used it to chart the soaring number of subscribers visiting the customer account page that allows them to cancel their subscriptions. (A Post spokeswoman declined to provide cancellation numbers Sunday, and Lewis did not respond to an interview request.)
On social media, sharing screenshots of Post subscription…
