Washington Post Declines To Make Presidential Endorsement For First Time In Decades
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The Washington Post Guild pinned the blame for the decision on billionaire Amazon owner Jeff Bezos.
The Washington Post’s editorial page will not make a presidential endorsement for the first time in decades and will decline to endorse any candidate going forward, controversial publisher and CEO William Lewis announced Friday.
The decision came after editorial writers had already drafted an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, according to The Washington Post Guild.
In a note to readers, Lewis said the paper would return to its “roots” by declining to offer an endorsement of either Harris or former President Donald Trump.
“We recognize that this will be read in a range of ways, including as a tacit endorsement of one candidate, or as a condemnation of another, or as an abdication of responsibility. That is inevitable. We don’t see it that way,” Lewis wrote.
He went on: “Our job at The Washington Post is to provide through the newsroom nonpartisan news for all Americans, and thought-provoking, reported views from our opinion team to help our readers make up their own minds.”