Edward Carver is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
The publisher of The Washington Post announced Friday that the paper wouldn't make an endorsement in the U.S. presidential race, with its newsroom reporting that the decision was made by billionaire owner Jeff Bezos , who intervened to stop a drafted endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee. Publisher William Lewis wrote that the paper would return to its 'roots' of not endorsing presidential candidates, which the paper didn't do regularly until 1976.
Lewis said the Post would no longer make presidential endorsements and emphasized its commitment to independent, nonpartisan news. He cited editorial board decisions not to endorse in 1960 and 1972, which gave similar rationales.Lewis was previously the publisher at The Wall Street Journal, which is owned by right-wing billionaire Rupert Murdoch. Lewis' tenure at the Post, which began last year, has been plagued by controversy.
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