The Washington Post's endorsement of Harris was revoked by owner Jeff Bezos, according to its own report

Less than two weeks before Election Day, The Washington Post said Friday it would not endorse a candidate for president in this year's closely contested race and would avoid doing so in the future – a decision that was immediately condemned by a former editor-in-chief and by the current one The editor emphasized that this is “in line with the values ​​that the Post has always stood for.”

In an article posted on the front of its website, the Washington Post — which reported on its own inner workings — also cited anonymous sources within the publication as saying that an endorsement of Kamala Harris over Donald Trump had been written but not published.

These sources told the newspaper's reporters that the company's owner, billionaire Jeff Bezos, made the decision.

Washington Post editor Will Lewis wrote in a column that the decision was actually a return to a tradition the newspaper had years ago of not endorsing candidates. He said it reflected the paper's belief in “the ability of our readers to form their own opinions.”

“We recognize that this will be interpreted in a variety of ways, including as a tacit endorsement of one candidate, a condemnation of another, or an abdication of responsibility. “That is inevitable,” Lewis wrote.

“We don’t see it that way. We see it in line with The values [Washington] Post has always stood for what we expect in a leader: character and courage in the service of American ethics, reverence for the rule of law and respect for human freedom in all its aspects.”