wapo decides to get out of the “presidential endorsement” business—will not endorse hARRIS—why?

[“Stupid warnings everywhere: abc noise leads with general Kelly saying the President is ‘a fascist—he liked Hitler’s generals’; Harris follows with ‘dire warnings’ (This is all choreographed, btw).”]

By Grand Rapids Anonymous
friday, october 25, 2024 at 1:03:00 p.m. edt

“(zh) three weeks ago, the teamsters union became the second major union to announce that they would not endorse a presidential candidate after internal polling revealed 58% of its members back Trump vs. 31% for Harris.

“that was understandable – their own members overwhelmingly rejected Harris.

“this is different.

“on friday, the Washington post announced that it would not endorse a candidate for president either, for the first time in 36 years.

“‘the Washington post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election. nor in any future presidential election. we are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates,’ the outlet said in a statement.

“colleagues are said to be ‘shocked’ at the decision, according to npr.

“the editorial page editor, David Shipley, told colleagues that the post’s publisher, Will Lewis, would publish a note to readers online early friday afternoon.

“Shipley told colleagues the editorial board was told yesterday by management that there would not be an endorsement. he added that he ‘owns’ this decision. the reason he cited was to create ‘independent space’ where the newspaper does not tell people for whom to vote.

“colleagues were said to be ‘shocked’ and uniformly negative. post corporate spokespeople have not responded to multiple messages left by npr on the subject.

“as npr [sic] David Folkenflik notes on x, ‘it is not clear whether post owner Jeff Bezos or publisher/ceo Will Lewis made the call.’”

GRA: First, they TELL everyone whom to vote for, in every story they write, every edition they publish, every unconfirmed source they feed to partner nbc. So until WAPO actually stops editorializing on every damn political issue, excuse me for not giving a damn about this “non-endorsement”—it’s as fake as the “news” they print every single day.

--GRA