An advertisement that would be carried out on Tuesday in some editions of the Washington Post, which it was called that Elon Musk was being dismissed from his role in the government, was abruptly canceled, according to one of the interest groups that the advertisement had ordered.
Common Cause said the newspaper was told on Friday that the advertisement was being drawn. The advertisement on full page, known as a writer, would have delivered the pre- and back pages of editions to the White House, the Pentagon and the Congress, and was planned in collaboration with the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund.
A separate advertisement on full page with the same themes would be allowed in the newspaper, but the two groups chose to cancel the internal advertisement. Both advertisements would have cost the groups of $ 115,000.
“We asked why they would not run the wrap if we clearly met the guidelines if they allowed the internal advertisement,” said Virginia Kase Solomón, the President and Chief Executive of Common Cause. “They said they were not free to give us a reason.”
News from the Washington Post that canceled the advertisement was previously reported by De Hill.
Although it is unclear who has taken the decision to pull the advertisement or why, the move is amid the growing concern about the changing mission of the Washington Post Newsroom under the ownership of Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon. The decision of the newspaper last fall to terminate his long-term tradition of presidential notes and the chair of Mr Bezos in the front row in the inauguration of Mr Trump, some have led themselves to wonder whether the news organization a Trump has been placed administration.
Last month, more than 400 employees sent a letter to Mr Bezos to ask a meeting to discuss leadership decisions that they said to “question the integrity of this institution.”
Mrs. Kase Solomón said that all content for the advertisement – art and text – was sent to the advertising department of the post last Tuesday and that “no alarm bells were drawn” by someone from the newspaper at the time. She said she didn't know who made the decision within the organization to pull the wrap.
The advertisement contained an image of Mr. Musk who laughed at a photo of the White House with text that reads: “Who runs this country: Donald Trump or Elon Musk?” The advertisement called on readers to contact their senators and tell them that it is time for Mr. Trump to Mr. Musk.
A Washington Post spokeswoman said in an e -mail statement that the newspaper did not comment on internal decisions regarding specific advertising campaigns and pointed to its publicly available general guidelines for advertisements.
Common cause and the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund started a campaign this month to remove Mr. Musk from his position as head of the so-called Ministry of Government Efficiency, which is not a formal director department.
Mr. Musk, the world's richest man who manages six companies, including Tesla, SpaceX and the Social Mediaplatform X, has received far -reaching power by the President, who has allowed Mr. Musk to dismantle federal agencies and the financing for different Freeze fairs and programs.
Margaret Huang, President and Chief Executive of the Southern Poverty Law Center, said that the disappearance of critical programs and subsidies would have a direct and negative effect, usually on people with a lower income and people of color.
“Our goal with this campaign is accountability,” said Mrs. Huang. “People in the government must be chosen or must meet all the standards of the federal government agencies, such as reporting conflicts of interest, things that all other Trump nominees had to endure for cabinet positions.”
“We are concerned that Musk and doge act without appropriate supervision and accountability,” she added, referring to the acronym for the government efficiency initiative that Musk is in charge of.
Mrs. Huang said she was both surprised and not when the advertisement was drawn.
“I am surprised because I still think of the post as deeply dedicated to publishing news that is essential for our democracy,” she said. “But no, because the position has recently taken other decisions that reflect a new kind of leadership in the organization.”
