To Barry Diller, a friend of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the decision for The Washington Post not to endorse a candidate in tomorrow's presidential election was "absolutely principled" — and poorly timed, he said Monday on CNBC's Squawk Box.
"They made a blunder — it should've happened months before, and it didn't, and that's the issue with it," Diller said.
Diller is chairperson of both online travel company Expedia and IAC , which owns media platforms and websites like Dotdash Meredith and Care.com.
"I think it was absolutely principled," Diller said.
"The mistake they made — and it was a mistake admitted by him — was timing."
Persons:
Barry Diller, Jeff Bezos, Diller, Dotdash Meredith, Care.com, Diane von Furstenberg, Lauren Sanchez, Bezos, —
Organizations:
Amazon, The Washington Post, IAC
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