INTERNATIONAL: Jeff Bezos defends scrapping Washington Post’s presidential endorsement

Owner Jeff Bezos has defended Washington Post’s decision not to endorse an American presidential candidate. For decades, the editorial board, which is separate from the journalists who work there, has backed a prospective president. Bezos, who is also CEO of Amazon, argues that publishing an endorsement, a draft of which was reported to have recommended Kamala Harris, would undermine readers’ trust in the paper’s integrity. The decision has been met with ferocious backlash, with an estimated 200-thousand readers cancelling their subscriptions.