William Lewis, publisher and CEO of The Washington Post, announced Friday that the “Democracy Dies in Darkness” newspaper will not endorse a presidential candidate in 2024 or any future presidential races.

“The Washington Post will not endorse a presidential candidate in this election or any future presidential election. We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates,” Lewis wrote. newspaper website.

Lewis quoted the paper’s editorial board as saying in 1960: “The Washington Post has not ‘endorsed’ any of the candidates in the presidential campaign. This is our tradition and is consistent with our action in five of the last six elections.”

The publisher called the decision “a statement in support of our readers’ ability to make their own decisions on this, the most important of American decisions — who to vote for as the next president.”

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William Lewis, publisher and CEO of The Washington Post, announced Friday that the newspaper will not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Trump in the 2024 presidential contest or any future candidate in the presidential race. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Lewis added: “Our mission at the Washington Post is to provide nonpartisan reporting for all Americans through the newsroom and to present the thought-provoking, reported opinions of our opinion team to help our readers make up their own minds.”

He concluded his words as follows: “As the newspaper of the capital of the most important country in the world, our job is, above all, to be independent. We are and will be that way too.”

This week, Los Angeles Times announced This is the first time he has not supported a candidate since 2008. As a result, the newspaper editorial editor Mariel Garza resigns as he claimed, was the owner’s decision not to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.

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The Los Angeles Times also decided not to endorse former President Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the November election. (AP/Alex Brandon/Mike Stewart)

“I am resigning because I want to make it clear that it is okay for us to remain silent,” Garza said. Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) on Wednesday. “In dangerous times, honest people need to stand up. That’s how I stand up.”

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Union representing employees A Times newspaper has appealed to readers not to cancel their subscriptions after criticizing its owner for his role in the paper’s controversial decision not to submit a presidential endorsement this year.

The Los Angeles Times Guild Chapter Council said, “We know that many loyal readers are angry, upset or confused, and some have canceled their subscriptions. Before you hit the ‘cancel’ button: This subscription guarantees the salaries of the hundreds of journalists in our newsroom.” he wrote in a social media post on Thursday. “Our member-journalists work every day to keep readers informed in these turbulent times. A healthy democracy is an informed democracy.”

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Fox News’ Alexander Hall and Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.