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200,000 Washington Post subscribers canceled their subscriptions in the wake of the newspaper’s non-endorsement of Kamala Harris for president. WaPo owner and Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos explained the decision in an op-ed this week.

Bezos says ending WaPo’s long-running practice of endorsing a candidate for the White House is a “principled decision, and it’s the right one.”

“Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election. No undecided voters in Pennsylvania are going to say, ‘I’m going with Newspaper A’s endorsement.’ None,” he wrote.

“What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence.”

WaPo was preparing to endorse Harris before Bezos put a stop to it.

From The New York Post:

The newspaper’s editorial board reportedly had a draft penned in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump before the kibosh was put on the endorsement.

More than 200,000 Washington Post readers so far have ended their digital subscriptions following the controversial decision, NPR reported on Monday.

One opinion section staffer has resigned from the newspaper and another two staffers stepped down from the editorial board but are remaining with the broadsheet, Semafor reported.

Bezos, in the op-ed, also stressed that the American public doesn’t trust the press anymore and news organizations “must work harder to control what we can control to increase our credibility.”

“We must be accurate, and we must be believed to be accurate. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but we are failing on the second requirement,” he wrote.

“Most people believe the media is biased. Anyone who doesn’t see this is paying scant attention to reality, and those who fight reality lose.”

The second-richest man in the world added his paper and the New York Times win numerous awards, but “increasingly we talk only to a certain elite.”

Bezos also acknowledged that Americans are finding their news elsewhere.

“Many people are turning to off-the-cuff podcasts, inaccurate social media posts and other unverified news sources, which can quickly spread misinformation and deepen divisions,” Bezos stated.

The paper’s decision not to endorse in the 2024 election marks the first time in 36 years it won’t issue an endorsement.

USA Today has also declined to endorse Kamala Harris.

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