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Inside The Washington Post’s Decision to Stop Presidential Endorsements
Post owner Jeff Bezos ended the decades-long practice, weeks after a discussion at a meeting in Miami. The move has drawn criticism in and outside the newsroom.Business - The New York Times - October 27 -
Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post's decision to stop presidential endorsements days before election
Jeff Bezos, the billionaire Amazon founder who owns The Washington Post, defended the newspaper's decision to stop endorsing presidential candidates, arguing in part that the move is a way to shore ...Top stories - NBC News - October 29 -
Furor over Washington Post’s decision to not endorse presidential candidate: ‘Stab in the back’, ‘dying in darkness’
Employees outraged at ‘chicken-shit’ move that breaks 30-year precedent, alleging Jeff Bezos quashed Harris support. There was uproar and outrage among the Washington Post’s current and former ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
Washington Post reels from Bezos decision to not endorse
The Washington Post is reeling from a decision to abstain from endorsing a presidential candidate in the 2024 election, a move that was reportedly made by billionaire owner Jeff Bezos after its ...Politics - The Hill - October 25 -
Washington Post Says It Won’t Endorse a Presidential Candidate
The decision was made by Jeff Bezos, the paper’s owner, according to a person with knowledge of the talks. Will Lewis, the chief executive, said the paper was “returning to our roots” of not making ...Business - The New York Times - October 25 -
The Washington Post ends backing presidential candidates as paper says Bezos axed Harris endorsement
The Washington Post's editorial board will not make a presidential endorsement this year or "in any future presidential election," the newspaper's publisher and chief executive announced Friday.Top stories - NBC News - October 25 -
Bezos made decision to kill Harris endorsement, reports Washington Post
Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Washington Post, personally made the decision to kill an endorsement of Vice President Harris for president that the newspaper's editorial board had ...Politics - The Hill - October 25 -
Washington Post cartoon team skewers paper’s decision not to make endorsement
Paper has been pilloried for what some call ‘anticipatory obedience’ in preparation of a new president next year. The Washington Post’s cartoon team has taken a measure of revenge on the ...World - The Guardian - October 26 -
What we know about The Washington Post's decision not to endorse a 2024 candidate
The Washington Post is dealing with the fallout from its decision not to endorse a presidential candidate for the first time in 36 years. David Folkenflik, media correspondent at NPR, joins CBS ...Top stories - CBS News - October 28 -
Jeff Bezos defends decision to end Washington Post endorsements
After resignations and loss of subscribers, billionaire owner pens piece saying endorsements create ‘perception of bias’. Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of the Washington Post, has penned a ...World - The Guardian - October 29 -
Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post's decision to end endorsements
Billionaire Jeff Bezos said not endorsing a presidential candidate was a "principled" and "right" decision.Top stories - CBS News - October 29 -
Jeff Bezos Defends Decision to End Washington Post Endorsements
Mr. Bezos, the newspaper’s owner, said that presidential endorsements “create a perception of bias” and that “my views here are, in fact, principled.”Business - The New York Times - October 29 -
Washington Post not endorsing presidential candidate for first time in decades
The Washington Post will not be endorsing any candidate for president this year, the newspaper's publisher announced Friday. In a note to readers, Post publisher William Lewis said the outlet would ...Politics - The Hill - October 25 -
Washington Post won't endorse presidential candidate, sparking outrage
The Washington Post on Friday said it will not endorse Kamala Harris, Donald Trump or any other candidate this year.Top stories - CBS News - October 25 -
Bezos breaks silence, defends move to drop Washington Post presidential endorsements
Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, broke his silence late Monday in the face of an intensifying controversy over the outlet's decision not to endorse a ...Politics - The Hill - October 29 -
Beyoncé at Kamala Harris rally says ‘time for America to sing a new song’ – US politics live
Harris campaign says crowd of 30,000 is largest to date, while Trump is delayed for rally in swing-state Michigan. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are tied at 48% , according to a new poll by ...World - The Guardian - October 26 -
Owner Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post's decision not to endorse as the right, 'principled' one
The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is defending the newspaper's decision not to endorse a presidential candidate as the “right” and “principled” oneEntertainment - ABC News - October 28 -
Washington Post becomes second major US newspaper this week to not endorse a presidential candidate
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 futureEntertainment - ABC News - October 26 -
Washington Post, L.A. Times facing backlash for declining to make 2024 presidential endorsement
The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times are both experiencing resignations and mass subscription cancellations after the newspapers announced they would not endorse a candidate for president ...Top stories - CBS News - October 28 -
New Yorker editor knocks Bezos over 'smothered' Washington Post presidential endorsement
New Yorker editor David Remnick criticized Jeff Bezos in a new interview for killing The Washington Post’s endorsement of Vice President Harris less than two weeks before the election. The decision ...Politics - The Hill - November 11 -
Bezos defends ‘principled decision’ to block Post’s endorsement of Harris
Billionaire denies intervention was part of deal with Donald TrumpWorld - Financial Times - October 29 -
Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris, paper reports
The Washington Post planned to endorse Kamala Harris over Donald Trump before owner Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, decided against it, the newspaper reported.Business - CNBC - October 26 -
The Washington Post and LA Times refused to endorse a candidate. Why? | Margaret Sullivan
There’s no way to see this decision other than as an appalling display of cowardice and a dereliction of their public duty. The choice for president has seldom been starker.. On one side is Donald ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
Washington Post says it will not endorse candidate for first time in 30 years
Newspaper condemned for ‘chicken-shit’ decision on White House race as staffers say they are ‘deeply concerned’. For the first time in over 30 years, the Washington Post announced on Friday its ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
Bezos faces backlash at Washington Post over refusal to run Harris endorsement
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein say decision ignores ‘threat Donald Trump poses to democracy’Business - Financial Times - October 26 -
Woodward, Bernstein rip Washington Post for withholding endorsement: 'Disappointing'
Former Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein issued a statement condemning the publication’s decision not to endorse a candidate in the 2024 election cycle. “We respect the ...Politics - The Hill - October 26 -
The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times Endorsement Calls Are Self-Sabotage
The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times have made a terrible decision on presidential endorsements.Top stories - The New York Times - October 27 -
‘Fundamentally saddened’: Washington Post readers on failure to endorse Harris
Readers say newspaper is failing to abide by its principles as some cancel subscriptions in ‘disgust and disappointment’. Furious Washington Post readers have accused the news organisation of ...World - The Guardian - October 27 -
Liz Cheney: Jeff Bezos 'afraid' to endorse Harris in Washington Post
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) criticized Jeff Bezos after The Washington Post, which the billionaire owns, broke with decades of the newspaper’s history and decided not to make an endorsement in ...Politics - The Hill - October 28 -
Washington Post writers say don’t dump subscriptions over non-endorsement
Fears for effect on jobs at newspaper owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos that declined to back a presidential candidate. The furore over the Washington Post’s decision to forgo a presidential ...World - The Guardian - October 28 -
Washington Post loses more than 200,000 subscribers over endorsement outrage: Report
The Washington Post has lost more than 200,000 digital subscriptions since its decision not to endorse a candidate in this year's presidential election, according to a report by NPR citing two ...Politics - The Hill - October 28 -
Readers Shed Subscriptions After Washington Post and LA Times’ Non-Endorsements
After their billionaire owners declined to endorse a presidential candidate, after preparing editorials endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, more than 200,000 furious readers canceled their paid ...Business - Inc. - October 29 -
Washington Post endorsement debacle exposes our ‘zombie elites’
The Post is stiffly wandering around with a smug facade of elitism, not realizing the power and influence it formerly possessed have been deeply — and likely irreparably — eroded.Politics - The Hill - October 31 -
Barry Diller calls timing of The Washington Post's non-endorsement a 'blunder'
Expedia chairman Barry Diller called the timing of The Washington Post's decision not to endorse a presidential candidate a "blunder."Business - CNBC - November 4