Washington Post declines to endorse presidential candidate

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decline 拒否する

endorse  支持する、承認する

be coming up soon もうすぐ

provok  a backlash  反発を引き起こす

baclash   反発

subscribers  購読者

end the practice going forward 今後はその慣行を終了する

break with decades of tradition, 数十年の伝統を断ち切る

the editorial page staffers 論説室

draft 下書きする

Amazon founder  アマゾン創業者

Washington Post Guild's leadership

ワシントンポストの労働組合の幹部

represent  代表する

be deeply concerned  深く憂慮する

be unfair in….において公平でない

character and humanity  性格と人間性

be indeed guiding まさに導いている

public opinion 世論

understandable 理解できる

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The US presidential election is coming up soon.

This morning I read the interesting article about the  Election and The Washington Post on BBC NEWS .

The Washington Post has announced it will not endorse a presidential candidate in the upcoming election, provoking a backlash among some of its employees and subscribers.

CEO William Lewis said the decision was a return "to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates" and that the newspaper was ending the practice going forward.

The move breaks with decades of tradition, with the paper having endorsed a candidate in most presidential elections since the 1970s - all of whom have been Democrats.

According to the article,

the editorial page staffers had drafted an endorsement of Harris.

The decision not to publish the endorsement was made by the paper's owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

The Washington Post Guild's leadership - which represents workers at the paper - said it was "deeply concerned" by the decision.

People supporting the editorial page staffers have harshly criticised this decision.

However I guess,

Many major media outlets , including the Washington Post,ABC,PBS, have endorsed Harris.

The Harris campaign has focused on attacking Trump's character and humanity, rather than his policies.

And many media  outlets have repeatedly reported the Harris campaign's claims.

They are extremely unfair in their reporting.

These media are indeed guiding public opinion.

Jeff Bezos’s decision is understandable.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg4l805jnmo.amp

https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/cq6l41lggy4o