At a Monday town hall, Sanders suggested that some critical Washington Post coverage of his campaign was linked to his own criticism of Amazon.
WASHINGTON – Marty Baron, the executive editor of the Washington Post, said Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., had bought into a"conspiracy theory" after the senator, a Democratic presidential candidate, accused The Post of anti-Sanders bias.
At a Monday town hall in Wolfeboro, N.H., Sanders suggested that some critical coverage of his campaign was linked to his own criticism of Amazon, noting that Amazon paid little corporate tax last year."Anybody here know how much Amazon paid in taxes last year?" "I talk about that all of the time, and then I wonder why The Washington Post, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, who owns Amazon, doesn't write particularly good articles about me.
Sanders has been openly critical of Amazon for its labor and business practices. The company raised its minimum wage to $15 an hour in October 2018 after a backlash from Sanders and other progressive politicians. Sanders has also called for the company to pay more in taxes after reports alleged the company paid no federal income taxes in 2018.
Story continuesSanders later told The Des Moines Register that he was"disappointed" in the campaign employees that had complained to the press about the campaign's labor disputes.
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