Washington:
By midday Monday, more than 200,000 people had canceled their digital subscriptions to The Washington Post after the paper decided to block Vice President Kamala Harris from endorsing her presidential candidacy, according to National Public Radio. did.
Not all cancellations are effective immediately, NPR reported, adding that the number still represents about 8% of the paper’s 2.5 million paying subscribers, including print.
A serial columnist also resigned from the Washington Post, according to NPR.
The Washington Post did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on this report.
The paper’s publisher and chief executive officer, William Lewis, said in a post Friday that it will not endorse any presidential candidates in the Nov. 5 election or in future presidential elections.
“We are returning to our roots of not supporting presidential candidates,” Lewis wrote.
“The Washington Post’s decision not to endorse the presidential campaign is a terrible mistake,” 20 columnists wrote in an opinion piece posted on the paper’s website, adding, “This is a terrible mistake for the paper we love. It represents an abandonment of fundamental editorial beliefs.” . ”
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