HOW IT STARTED: Bezos faces a Washington Post revolt after he reportedly blocked the paper from endorsing Harris.

How it’s going: ‘Deeply alarmed’: Washington Post staff request meeting with Jeff Bezos.

Over 400 staff members at the Washington Post have sent a letter to Jeff Bezos asking for a meeting with him during a time of widespread concern about the future of the newspaper.

The letter, signed by top journalists and correspondents and sent on Tuesday evening, pleads for Bezos, who is known to rarely visit the Post’s office in Washington, to meet in person with leaders at the office.

“We are deeply alarmed by recent leadership decisions that have led readers to question the integrity of this institution, broken with a tradition of transparency, and prompted some of our most distinguished colleagues to leave, with more departures imminent,” the letter reads. NPR first reported the letter.

“This is about retaining our competitive edge, restoring trust that has been lost, and re-establishing a relationship with leadership based on open communication,” it continues.

The letter claims these concerns are unrelated to Bezos’ recent decision to end its endorsement of US presidential candidates, which the letter writers acknowledge as “the owner’s prerogative”.

You don’t say.

Still, it would take a heart of stone not to laugh at the WaPo staffers who are both responsible for blowing the paper’s reputation and resistant to changing their ways.