Bezos takes heat from Carville over Washington Post op-ed: 'A hundred monkeys could write something better'

James Carville, a longtime Democratic strategist, was blunt when discussing Jeff Bezos' op-ed explaining why the Washington Post did not endorse a political candidate during the current election cycle.

In the "Politics War Room" on Thursday, Carville expressed his belief that former President Trump pressured Bezos, the owner of the Post since 2013 and a billionaire, to abandon the newspaper's tradition of endorsing a presidential candidate.

Vice President Kamala Harris may have benefited from The Post's decision not to endorse her, which caused an uproar at the newspaper.

"Jeff Bezos, I'll tell whoever wrote that op-ed piece for you: Why don't you pay me a million dollars? I could write something better than that even with a hundred monkeys on a hundred typewriters," he said.

Carville stated that the reasoning behind Bezos' decision was illogical and lacked coherence.

The argument is that people no longer trust the press, but billionaires are trusted. However, this argument is flawed and I believe it was motivated by Donald Trump.

The central argument of Bezos' op-ed was the widespread distrust of the legacy media among Americans. Despite this, Bezos failed to mention in his piece that the Washington Post had endorsed Democrats in every presidential election since 1976, except for when it skipped the race in 1988. Similarly, the New York Times hasn't endorsed a Republican for president since 1956.

On Monday, Bezos wrote that being accurate is not enough; we must also be believed to be accurate, which is a difficult pill to swallow, as we are failing on the second requirement.

The majority of individuals believe that the media is biased. Those who fail to recognize this are disregarding reality, and those who challenge reality are losing. Reality is an unbeatable champion. It is easy to blame others for our decline in credibility and impact, but a victim mentality will not aid in this situation. Complaining is not a viable strategy. In order to increase our credibility, we must work harder to manage what we can control.

At least three editorial board members have resigned after the non-endorsement decision, and reports suggest that 10% of its 2.5 million paid subscribers have already canceled their subscriptions, totaling 250,000 people.

The Trump campaign and Bezos' team were contacted by Planet Chronicle Digital for comment.

Planet Chronicle' Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.