Our original story follows below.
TheWashington Postwont make an endorsement for president this year.
Ben Mullin from theNew York Timesfirst reported the news, which was confirmed by CEO Will Lewis shortly thereafter.
Jeff Bezos reportedly instructed the Washington Post to not endorse a presidental candidate in the November election.Jeff Bottari / Getty
The announcement follows the same decision from theLos Angeles Timesearlier this week, prompting a topeditor to resign.
It began endorsing candidates again after thePostbroke the Watergate scandal.
@realdonaldtrump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner @jeffbezos (and others).
Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.
For his part, Jeff Bezos hasnt addressed the situation publicly.
Our former President showed tremendous grace and courage under literal fire tonight, Bezos wrote.
So thankful for his safety and so sad for the victims and their families.
Political endorsements made by newspapers like thePostprobably dont matter much, if at all.
An endorsement of Harris by thePostis just preaching to the choir.
ThePostdoes have an editorial board, after all shouldnt they be the ones making editorial decisions?
Theres some logic in getting rid of an editorial board altogether and just having opinion writers articulate their views.
And the timing in particular is galling.
Are these owners aiming to appease an antagonistic Trump in the event that he wins the presidency?
We dont really know, but newsrooms are supposed to be independent of management.
Looking at thePostunder Bezos, his track record heretofore is pretty good.
The newspaper has continued to critically report on Amazon and Bezos himself since he bought it, for instance.
And Bezos did not do much to endear himself to Trump during his presidency.
Bezos for his part kept quiet and allowed the tough reporting to continue.
We have reached out to theWashington Postfor comment.
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