{"id":46749,"date":"2024-10-25T23:38:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T03:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=46749"},"modified":"2024-10-25T23:39:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T03:39:12","slug":"washington-post-stops-endorsing-presidential-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/washington-post-stops-endorsing-presidential-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post stops endorsing presidential candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Washington Post announced Friday that it has ended its tradition of endorsing a candidate in the U.S. presidential election, sparking outrage among staff members and causing some readers to cancel their subscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election. Nor in any future presidential election,&#8221; publisher and CEO William Lewis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2024\/10\/25\/washington-post-endorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &#8220;We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be the first time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/25\/nx-s1-5165353\/washington-post-presidential-endorsement-trump-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">since 1988<\/a> that the Washington Post has not endorsed a presidential candidate, even though the newspaper&#8217;s editorial staff had already prepared an article to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move sparked outrage among a number of employees and some readers said they had canceled their subscription. The newspaper&#8217;s editor-at-large, Robert Kagan, resigned in protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is cowardice, with democracy as its casualty,&#8221; said Marty Baron, who led the paper while Donald Trump was president. &#8220;Donald Trump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner Jeff Bezos (and others). Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis defended his decision, saying the newspaper&#8217;s job is to be independent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; Lewis said. &#8220;We don\u2019t see it that way. We see it as consistent with the values The Post has always stood for and what we hope for in a leader: character and courage in service to the American ethic, veneration for the rule of law, and respect for human freedom in all its aspects. We also see it as a statement in support of our readers\u2019 ability to make up their own minds on this, the most consequential of American decisions \u2014 whom to vote for as the next president.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post announced Friday that it has ended its tradition of endorsing a candidate in the U.S. presidential election, sparking outrage among staff members and causing some readers to cancel their subscription. &#8220;The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election. 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