“This is cowardice”: Ex-editor blasts Washington Post after Jeff Bezos blocks Harris endorsement
The head of The Washington Post on Friday announced that the newspaper owned by Jeff Bezos will not be endorsing anyone in the 2024 presidential race, a revelation that came hours after more than a dozen people who worked for Donald Trump endorsed Marine Gen. John Kelly's assessment that he is a "fascist" threat to the constitutional order. "This is cowardice, with democracy as its casualty," tweeted Marty Baron, the former executive editor of the Washington Post, warning that Trump would "see this as an invitation to further intimidate" Post owner Jeff Bezos. According to sources who spoke to the Post's own reporters, the decision to not publish an endorsement of Harris, which had already been drafted, "was made by The Post’s owner — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos." We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism The Los Angeles Times this week announced it too would forgo a presidential endorsement after billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong intervened to prevent his editorial board from backing Vice President Kamala Harris.
'Washington Post' won't endorse in White House race for first time since 1980s
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