{"id":155517,"date":"2024-10-26T12:58:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T10:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=155517"},"modified":"2024-10-26T12:58:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T10:58:48","slug":"washington-post-breaks-tradition-they-wont-endorse-any-presidential-candidate-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/washington-post-breaks-tradition-they-wont-endorse-any-presidential-candidate-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON POST BREAKS TRADITION: They won&#8217;t endorse any presidential candidate, and here&#8217;s why!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The American newspaper &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Washington Post<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; will not endorse any candidate in the upcoming presidential election, breaking a decades-long tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Washington Post will not endorse a presidential candidate in this year&#8217;s election, nor in any future presidential election,&#8221; publisher Willie Lewis said in a statement, as reported by CNN. &#8220;We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates,&#8221; Lewis added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02jEGPaccom4av83gGWZE4Honh197fdtUEbqMQQasaJaLfBi6eTxyHj5jFQis6xky1l&#038;width=500&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=602&#038;appId\" width=\"500\" height=\"602\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis stated that the &#8220;Washington Post&#8221; is aware that this decision will be interpreted in various ways, including as an implicit endorsement of one candidate, a condemnation of another, or a shirking of responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s inevitable&#8230; We don&#8217;t see it that way. We believe it&#8217;s consistent with the values the Post has always stood for and what we expect from leaders: character and courage in service of American ethics, respect for the rule of law, and respect for human liberty in all its aspects,&#8221; he added. The owner of the &#8220;Washington Post&#8221; is billionaire Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former executive editor of the &#8220;Post,&#8221; Martin Baron, strongly criticized the publisher&#8217;s decision, calling it &#8220;cowardice, with democracy as the victim.&#8221; &#8220;Donald Trump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner Bezos (and others),&#8221; Baron wrote in a social media post. &#8220;Disturbing spinelessness in an institution known for courage,&#8221; he assessed regarding the decision to abstain from supporting any candidate in the US presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;Washington Post&#8221; decision comes just a few days after the owner of the &#8220;Los Angeles Times,&#8221; Patrick Soon-Shiong, blocked the newspaper&#8217;s planned endorsement of US Vice President and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, leading to the resignations of three members of the editorial board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">READ MORE:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/trampova-taktika-daje-rezultate-hriscanski-glasaci-uz-njega-sve-blizi-osvajanju-jedne-od-kljucnih-drzava\/\">TRAMPOVA TAKTIKA DAJE REZULTATE: Hri\u0161\u0107anski glasa\u010di uz njega, sve bli\u017ei osvajanju jedne od klju\u010dnih dr\u017eava!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/nove-optuzbe-iz-kamalinog-tabora-haris-odrzala-skup-u-dzordziji-tramp-nazvan-americkim-tiraninom-video\/\">NOVE OPTU\u017dBE IZ KAMALINOG TABORA: Haris odr\u017eala skup u D\u017eord\u017eiji, Tramp nazvan \u201eameri\u010dkim tiraninom\u201c! 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