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(NewsNation) — The Washington Post announced Friday it volition nary longer endorse statesmanlike candidates, abandoning a 30-year contented amid reports that proprietor Jeff Bezos blocked a planned endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris.
The determination comes arsenic large newspapers progressively measurement backmost from statesmanlike endorsements, with the Los Angeles Times making a akin move this week.
Washington Post steadfast William Lewis said the determination marks a instrumentality to the paper's earlier signifier of not endorsing statesmanlike candidates, describing it arsenic "consistent with the values the Post has ever stood for."
According to interior sources cited by the Post, the paper's editorial committee had prepared an endorsement of Harris implicit erstwhile President Donald Trump before the announcement. The reversal prompted disapproval from Martin Baron, the Post's erstwhile enforcement editor, who called it "cowardice, with ideology arsenic its casualty."
The LA Times' determination triggered resignations from its editorial leafage exertion and 2 editorial committee members. Mariel Garza, the departing editorials editor, questioned however the insubstantial could "spend 8 years railing against Trump and the information his enactment poses to the state and past neglect to endorse the perfectly decent Democrat challenger."
The shifts successful some papers person highlighted the increasing reluctance of quality organizations to marque statesmanlike endorsements. The Minnesota Star Tribune besides announced successful August it would extremity the practice.
Many newspapers are dropping endorsements arsenic they conflict with declining readership and fearfulness losing subscribers who disagree with their governmental positions. The inclination comes arsenic accepted media faces broader challenges, including evolving scholar habits and the request to combat predetermination misinformation.
Some large outlets inactive endorse, with astir backing Harris implicit Trump
While immoderate large publications are stepping backmost from endorsements, others are maintaining the tradition. The New York Times, Boston Globe, Seattle Times, Las Vegas Sun and The New Yorker person endorsed Harris, portion Trump has received backing from the New York Post.
The Philadelphia Inquirer precocious announced its enactment for Harris, coupling the endorsement with crisp disapproval of Trump, whom they described arsenic "a convicted criminal, insurrectionist, taxation dodger, intersexual harasser, serial liar and Russian sympathizer."
The announcements travel arsenic Trump has renewed his attacks connected the media, precocious calling them "the force of the people" astatine an Arizona rally and threatening to revoke CBS's broadcast license.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
