'Doesn't feel like a mistake': MSNBC's Mika punches hole in WaPo endorsement excuses

On Wednesday morning, MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski cast a skeptical eye on former Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward's claim that Post owner Jeff Bezos made a mistake when he blocked the paper's endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris.

The decision, announced last week, set off a firestorm with readers and employees of the venerable newspaper which has reportedly lost close to 250,000 subscribers and has drawn nearly universal scorn for the timing, coming just 11 days before the election.

Appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Woodward admitted his dismay with Bezos interfering with the editorial page editors who had a Harris endorsement already written and ready to publish.

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"How disturbed are you that the editorial page wanted to endorse a candidate just like the L.A. Times editorial page was ready to endorse a candidate and their billionaire owner stepped in and nixed the idea?" co-host Joe Scarborough asked his guest.

"Well, that's what they can do," Woodward conceded. "I know Jeff Bezos, I haven't talked to him for a while, I haven't talked to him about this, but this is a super mistake."

"Let the paper operate, let the news side and the editorial side work together –– they actually should," he continued. "During Watergate, that's exactly what happened. and to just kind of say oh ... anyway. It's disturbing."

"It doesn't feel like a mistake to me, I'll take that as my words," co-host Brzezinski quickly chimed in. "I know you call it a mistake, a big mistake."

"Why?" a seemingly startled Woodward replied.

"Well, the statement that Jeff Bezos put out conflicts with the statement the Washington Post put out," she replied. "It seems to me that Jeff Bezos is bending to Trump."

"It may not be a deal for something tangible right now but he's bending to Trump," she added.

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