Washington Post Says It Won’t Endorse Anyone for President

The New York Times ^ | Oct. 25, 2024, 12:28 p.m. ET | Benjamin Mullin and Katie Robertson

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The Washington Post’s chief executive told the newsroom on Friday that it would not endorse a presidential candidate, breaking with decades of precedent at the newspaper.

“The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election,” wrote Will Lewis, The Post’s chief executive. “Nor in any future presidential election. We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates.”

The Post has endorsed presidential candidates since 1976, Mr. Lewis wrote, when it gave its stamp of approval to Jimmy Carter, who went on to win the election. Before that, it generally did not make presidential endorsements, though it made an exception in 1952 to endorse Dwight Eisenhower.

The move follows continuing tumult at The Los Angeles Times, where the head of the editorial board and two of its writers have resigned this week in protest over a decision by The Times’s billionaire owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, to block a planned presidential endorsement.

[Mouton]

but perhaps some of the Northern Virginia mushy liberal folks will get the message and stay home instead of voting for Kommie-La.

I doubt that. Elon will have them back at their offices and they no like that. Furthermore, they know if Va does not get infected by the deep state vote from the area north of Fredericksburg, they die financially. Boy would I love to see that “work”force lose about 50% of its body, hopefully in a pyramid with the base at the top. Reminds me of the scene from Wall Street wherein Geco is addressing the annual meeting with a bunch of managers in a row at the head of the room. He says they probably spend the day sending memos to each other.

[GOPJ]

Publishers could save the industry if they realized they have a place - and stopped listenng to the idiots running the profession into the ground. ( and I don’t mean favoring advertisers - I mean favoring subscribers)