Washington Post becomes the second major US newspaper to decline to endorse a presidential candidate

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Washington Post becomes the second major US newspaper to decline to endorse a presidential candidate
Jimmy Carter2024 United States Presidential ElectionWill Lewis
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The Washington Post says it won't endorse a candidate for president in this year’s tightly contested race and would avoid doing so in the future.

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FILE - The Los Angeles Times newspaper headquarters is located in El Segundo, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. This combination of file photos shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, speaking at a campaign rally, Oct. 18, 2024, in Detroit, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, speaking at a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wis., Oct. 17, 2024.

The Post said the decision had “roiled" many on the opinion staff, which operates independently from the Post's newsroom staff — what is known commonly in the industry as a “church-state separation" between those who report the news and those who write opinion.of its editorial page editor and two other members of the editorial board. In that instance, the Times' owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, insisted he had not censored the editorial board, which had planned to endorse Harris.

Martin Baron, the Post's executive editor for 2012 to 2021, immediately condemned the decision on X, saying it empowers Trump to further intimidate Bezos and others."This is cowardice, with democracy as its casualty," he wrote. “Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.”in many places.

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