Washington Post of the Jeff Bezos is reportedly withdrawn from running a $ 115,000 advertisement for the front pages aimed at Doge -Head Elon Musk in the midst of the budding friendship of the Amazon founder with President Donald Trump.
Interest group Common Cause announced that it had signed the precious agreement with the newspaper to perform an advertisement that would have dealt with the entire front and back page of Tuesday's paper paper, as well as a full page advertisement in the newspaper.
The group said it was planning to buy the advertisement in collaboration with the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund.
Copies of the paper with the wrap would then be sent to subscribers to Capitol Hill, at the Pentagon and in the White House, according to the hill.
The design of the advertisement, which is still available on the website of the group, has a large photo of Musk with his head tilted back, laughing, along with a deprivation image of the White House.
“Who runs this country: Donald Trump or Elon Musk?” asked it.
Later on the page the advertisement contains smaller text that reads: 'Since the first day, Elon has created chaos and confusion and endangered our means of existence. And he is responsible for no one except himself.
“The constitution allows only one president at the same time,” says it. “Call our senators and tell them it's time for Donald Trump Elon Musk to arise.” It also included the URL Firemusk.org.
The Jeff Bezos property Washington Post is said to have withdrawn by running a $ 115,000 advertisement for the front pages aimed at Doge Head Elon Musk
Common Cause President Virginia Kase Solomon wondered if the decision was made in an attempt not to insult President Donald Trump
Common Cause President Virginia Kase Solomon told De Heuvel that the advertisement of the newspaper was informed about the nature of the advertisement and seemed that it would not be a problem.
But on Friday the common cause was informed that the post would not let the wrap run around.
'We submitted the artwork on Tuesday from last week. I assume it went through a legal department or other type of review, “she said.
“They said,” You can have something in the newspaper, but you can't do the wrap. '
“We said” thanks, no thanks “because we had many questions.
'Is it because we are critical about what happens to Elon Musk? Is it only ok to run things in the post now that the president will not make angry or will not have Jeff Bezos calls who asks why this was allowed? '
The decision came after Bezos was prominently present during the ceremony of the 47th president, after he announced his plans to donate $ 1 million to the inaugural fund of the incoming president.
Bezos and his fiancé Sanchez had previously traveled to Mar-A-Lago for dinner with the then elected president.
Images that are shared on X show that the pair holds hands and walks past Trump while greeting other guests.
The common cause of the advertisements was planned to walk in the newspaper
The position has never given a statement for his decision not to implement the Wrap advertisement, she said, and the publication has a policy not to talk about the internal decisions regarding specific advertising campaigns.
According to the newspaper's general guidelines for advertisements, advertisers are responsible for complying with applicable legislation and regulations for political advertisements, including the use of required disclaimers.
It notes that the post accepts advertisements for all views, but reserves the right to require substantiation of factual claims.
The post also requires advertisers 'the required permissions' when using the names or parable of individuals.
Nevertheless, Solomon said that the rejection was a 'surprise' because the exemplary art they received from the post to get an idea of ​​what is acceptable was a wrap advertisement that was funded by the US fuel and petrochemical manufacturer group Trump's promise emphasized to end the electric vehicle on the first day. '
It contained a large photo of Trump that flashed a thumb, she said.
“It only causes taking care of us,” she said about the rejection of the newspaper.
“Are they afraid of his rejection?” She said about Trump.
Solomon pointed out that the newspaper refused to distract an approval of the former Vice President Kamala Harris prior to the presidential elections and decided not to walk cartoon with Karikatures from Bezos, Mickey Mouse and others who offer bags to Trump.
The decision comes in the midst of the budding friendship of Bezos with the president
Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Bezos, Sudar Pichai and Musk are all seen here in the Rotunda near Trump's inauguration
She noted that the planned AD of $ 115,000 was a 'huge' expenses for her group, but because the post decided not to run, neither the common case nor the Southern Poverty Law Center had to pay.
In the meantime, the common cause has organized thousands of to the congress and the White House that is concerned about the role of Musk in the federal government, which lowers positions.
It has collected 60,000 signatures on a petition against the position of Musk.
The group, together with the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund and End Citizens United, launched the Fire Elon Musk campaign on 3 February.
