Jeff Bezos defends decision for Washington Post to end presidential endorsements [View all]

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Source: UPI/MSN

Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post, has defended his controversial decision for his storied publication to end its decades-long tradition of endorsing a presidential candidate.

Bezos penned an Op-Ed published by his newspaper Monday night, stating the internal decision to not endorse either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for president was done in an effort to increase public trust.

He said newspapers have the daunting task of not only producing accurate news but having the public believe what they produce is the truth. Endorsing a political candidate for president creates the image of bias, a perception of "non-independence," he said.

"Ending them is a principled decision, and it's the right one," he said.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/jeff-bezos-defends-decision-for-washington-post-to-end-presidential-endorsements/ar-AA1t7u3f?ocid=BingNewsSerp

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Glad he wrote this, but I'm not going to return to subscribing.

Direct link to Bezos' op-ed: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/28/jeff-bezos-washington-post-trust/

To add: I really wish if they were going to do this that both the L.A Times and WashPost had done this much much earlier. But to do it now is just awful timing.