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Two Washington Post Journalists Step Down From Editorial Board In Protest Of Decision To Not Endorse Presidential Candidate
Their exit follows an announcement that has been met with backlash.
Two journalists at The Washington Post have stepped down from the editorial board in protest over the publication’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate, with concerns that it was a way for owner Jeff Bezos to placate Donald Trump. The departures from the editorial board follow the resignations of columnist Robert Kagan and opinion contributor Michele Norris, as well as a wave of subscription cancellations after the non-endorsement decision was announced. But Will Lewis, the publisher of the Post, said in a statement in the paper on Sunday that the “decision to end presidential endorsements was made entirely internally and neither campaign nor candidate was given a heads up or consulted in any way at any level.
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