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The Tampa Bay Times joined a growing number of news publications in announcing that they would not be endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, according to the publication’s editorial board. In an opinion article, the outlet revealed that while the Times Editorial Board had made political recommendations for “17 Democrats and 13 Republicans across 30 partisan races,” along with candidates in “six non-partisan contests,” there was not a recommendation for a presidential candidate, adding that they “never planned to”:

The Amazon billionaire and Post owner said the paper's decision to cease presidential endorsements came from a drive to avoid the "perception of non-independence."The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos wrote in an op-ed on Monday that the paper’s choice to cease presidential endorsements was borne from an attempt to regain the trust of its readers. “Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election,” Bezos wrote. “What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence.” Post CEO Will Lewis announced in a memo on Thursday that the paper would not endorse a...

🚨 ANOTHER ONE: USA Today refuses to endorse Kamala after endorsing Biden in 2020. None of them want to tie their brand to a losing candidate.

The Washington Post's non-endorsement of Donald Trump or Kamala Harris has kicked up controversy. It comes after the LA Times made the same decision. Both papers are owned by billionaires. The non-endorsements are being seen as political statements, whether or not that was the intent. When is something a newspaper doesn't publish a news story? In this case, that's right now. And it's actually two stories: The Washington Post won't be endorsing a presidential candidate this year. The move comes days after the Los Angeles Times made the same decision. The obvious parallel between the two calls is that both...

At a ceremony Thursday night in New York City, two of our Post Opinions colleagues received their Pulitzer Prizes for their courageous and tenacious work spotlighting the dangers of authoritarianism.Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza, a contributor to our pages, won the commentary award for what the Pulitzer board said were “passionate columns written under great personal risk from his prison cell, warning of the consequences of dissent in Vladimir Putin’s Russia and insisting on a democratic future for his country.”Veteran foreign correspondent David Hoffman, a member of our editorial board, was recognized for a series of editorials spotlighting the digital-age means...

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) indicated on Tuesday that he has come around to Mitt Romney on the issue of healthcare. “Romney’s been very clear that he’s against ObamaCare and he’s going to repeal it. So I for a second don’t worry about whether he’s going to shy away from repealing the president’s health care law,” Ryan said in an interview with The Weekly Standard. (snip) Ryan went on to compliment Romney on a variety of issues. He described Romney as proving himself “pretty capable and strong and resilient” when it comes to the slew of GOP debates over the past...