I unsubscribed from The Washington Post today, immediately upon learning of its decision to join the Los Angeles Times in declining to endorse in the 2024 presidential campaign.
Both papers have abandoned longstanding editorial policy conspicuously late in this historically critical election cycle, professing a sudden newfound impartiality. But this election is not a choice between a center-right elephant and a center-left donkey, and no newspaper’s editorial board should act like an uninformed, undecided swing voter.
Kamala Harris is the only sensible option for the interests of the media, the economy, domestic and foreign policy, and I don’t believe it’s too melodramatic to add: democracy itself. Declining to make an endorsement is an implicit rejection of Harris.
Both papers are owned by billionaires: The Post by Jeff Bezos, and The Times by Patrick Soon-Shiong. The Columbia Journalism Review confirmed that Bezos spiked a drafted piece endorsing Harris.
I must infer these billionaires are cynically anticipating a second Trump administration, and fear reprisal for any truths spoken to power, now or in the past. They are making a bad bet. Any pretense of impartiality will not protect them from an emboldened fascist Trump administration.
I remain a paid subscriber of The New York Times (The Only Patriotic Choice for President) and The New Yorker (Kamala Harris for President). I am also heartened to see the paper I grew up with, The Philadelphia Inquirer, emphatically endorse Harris today.
In case there’s any confusion, this blog also endorses Kamala Harris for President.
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