The stunning loss accounts for roughly 10% of all paid subscriptions.
He was not sent, did not read and did not opine on any draft.
As Publisher, I do not believe in presidential endorsements.
Donald Trump speaks with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (center) and Jeff Bezos (right) at the White House in Washington, DC on June 19, 2017.© Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images
We are an independent newspaper and should support our readers ability to make up their own minds.
But that turned out to be wildly misleading.
Bezos may not have been sent a draft, he didnt need to.
Ending them is a principled decision, and its the right one, Bezos wrote of the presidential endorsements.
The Nazis took power in 1933 and World War II ended in 1945.
It was seemingly damning evidence of that theory, but Bezos denied there was any connection.
Neither campaign nor candidate was consulted or informed at any level or in any way about this decision.
It was made entirely internally.
But the fact is, I didnt know about the meeting beforehand.
Bezos wrote that there will need to be other changes at his paper.
And he hinted that there will be other dramatic shake-ups.
The stakes are too high.
To win this fight, we will have to exercise new muscles.
Some changes will be a return to the past, and some will be new inventions.
For many people, its the timing of Bezoss decision to kill the Harris endorsement thats most suspicious.
Even former executive editor of the Washington Post Marty Baron said as much in an interview with NPR onMonday.
Its a certainly reasonable decision.
It was clearly made for other reasons, not for reasons of high principle.
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