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The Washington Post faces major backlash from readers and the staff of its editorial page after it announced on Friday that it would not endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election. The Los Angeles Times recently made a similar statement, reflecting fear in the mainstream media of opposing Donald Trump.
Trump has constantly threatened media outlets who have reported the truth about him and his policies. He has said he will file lawsuits, change libel laws, and pull broadcast licenses for reporting negative facts about him.
The Post changed its slogan to “Democracy Dies in Darkness” in 2017, shortly after Trump took office. Now it has apparently chosen a different direction.
“The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election. Nor in any future presidential election,” Post publisher and CEO William Lewis wrote in a note published Friday.
Strangely, Lewis justified the paper’s decision by claiming, “We see it as consistent with the values The Post has always stood for and what we hope for in a leader: character and courage in service to the American ethic, veneration for the rule of law, and respect for human freedom in all its aspects.”
Of course, Donald Trump has not embraced any of those values during his entire time in public life, while his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, has made them central to her campaign.
