Within days of each other The Washington Post and the L.A. Times declared they would not be making an endorsement in the 2024 presidential election under the guise of independence and neutrality.
The reality is that the editorial boards of both papers intended to endorse Kamala Harris, and their owners or publishers quashed them.
Both Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong and WaPo owner Jeff Bezos believe Trump will prevail and do not want to incur his wrath. After all, Trump has declared a second term will be about retribution and surely the press, an entity he has repeatedly referred to as "an enemy of the people", will bear the brunt of this campaign.
Had the editorial boards of either paper intended to endorse Trump do you think either Dr. Soon-Shiong or Bezos would have stopped such an endorsement?
Should Trump's election come to pass, I think he will smell blood in the water. Independence and neutrality will not be enough for Trump. He will demand (and receive) the endorsements of The Washington Post and The L.A. Times come 2028. (Yes, I believe a re-elected Trump would suspend the Constitution and effectively become President for Life. But those thoughts will be for another dispatch.)
While The Washington Post and The L.A. Times might not endorse Kamala Harris; it doesn't the American people have to follow their lead. The story of the American voter in 2024 has yet to be written.
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