The Washington Post's endorsement of Kamala Harris was killed by Jeff Bezos, according to a report.

• For the first time since 1976, The Washington Post will not back a candidate in the presidential election.
• An endorsement of Kamala Harris over Donald Trump in the election was drafted by editorial page staffers, according to a newspaper article written by two staff reporters.
• According to two sources briefed on the events, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, made the decision not to publish.

For the first time since 1976, The Washington Post will not be endorsing a candidate in the presidential election.

On Friday, the newspaper published an article written by two staff reporters stating that the editorial page staff had endorsed Kamala Harris over Donald Trump in the election.

According to two sources briefed on the events, Jeff Bezos, the founder of The Post, made the decision not to publish.

In a statement on the Post's website, CEO Will Lewis announced that the newspaper will not endorse a presidential candidate in the upcoming election or any future presidential elections.

Lewis wrote that we are going back to our origins of not supporting presidential candidates.

After the resignation of the head of The Los Angeles Times's editorial board in protest, the paper's owner Patrick Soon-Shiong decided not to run a presidential endorsement.

Soon-Shiong, like Bezos, is a billionaire.

The Washington Post Guild expressed concern that the newspaper would stop endorsing presidential candidates, just 11 days before a crucial election.

Our concern stems from a message from our chief executive, Will Lewis, that management interfered with the work of our members in Editorial. The Editorial Board did not issue this statement, and the paper's reporting about Bezos's role in the decision was not the source of our concern.

"Our members' efforts are being undermined by cancellations from once loyal readers, which is happening at a time when we should be strengthening readers' trust, not eroding it."

The Washington Post's decision, according to Marty Baron, was an act of cowardice that resulted in the sacrifice of democracy.

"Bezos wrote that Trump would view this as an invitation to further intimidate him and others, and that it was disturbing to see such spinelessness at an institution known for courage."

In a tweet about the news, Rep. Ted Lieu, a Democrat from California, stated, "The initial stage of fascism occurs when the press is intimidated by fear."

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