Washington Post Won’t Endorse In Presidential Race

CNN reports:

For the first time in decades, The Washington Post will not endorse a candidate in this year’s presidential election, the newspaper’s publisher announced Friday.

“The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election. Nor in any future presidential election,” Will Lewis said in a published statement. “We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates.”

The Post has endorsed a presidential candidate in every election since the 1980s. In his statement, Lewis referred to the Editorial Board’s past decisions to not endorse a candidate, noting that it is a right “we are going back to.” The Washington Post is owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Read the full article. Media insiders at X say that the decision in roiling the Washington Post’s newsroom. Bezos must need another mega-yacht.

On political endorsement https://t.co/e5OTZhylIE

This is cowardice, with democracy as its casualty. @realdonaldtrump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner @jeffbezos (and others). Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.

— Marty Baron (@PostBaron) October 25, 2024