Washington Post refuses to endorse Kamala Harris - sparking furious boycott from readers and staff

The Washington Post has announced it volition not endorse a statesmanlike candiate, sparking fury among its wide readers who are pledging to cancel their subscriptions to the paper.

The announcement marks the archetypal clip successful 36 years that the left-leaning insubstantial has decided to not marque a statesmanlike endorsement. 

The paper's leafage exertion David Shipley had already approved an endorsement of Harris and had reportedly told colleagues that it was being reviewed by the paper's proprietor Jeff Bezos, according to NPR. 

But connected Friday CEO Will Lewis published an op-ed that the insubstantial is returning to its 'roots of not endorsing statesmanlike candidates.'

It comes conscionable days aft The Los Angeles Times announced it would besides not beryllium endorsing anyone for the November statesmanlike elections. 

The paper's unit learned of the determination from leafage exertion Shipley successful a 'tense' gathering connected Friday, according to NPR. 

Shipley told unit helium owned the determination and it was meant to make 'independent space' wherever the insubstantial does not archer radical however to vote. 

Columnist Robert Kagan, a blimpish Trump critic, resigned from his presumption successful the editorial committee aft the determination emerged.

The effect from the Post's unit has been 'uniformly outraged,'  according to NPR's David Folkenflik.

The station began endorsing statesmanlike candidates successful 1976 aft it broke the Watergate ungraded and publically backed Democrat Jimmy Carter.