This announcement earned widespread backlash from readers.
The Washington Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos, also released astatementintending to defend the newspaper’s position.
He wrote, “Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election.
What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias.”
He also went on to say that the decision was an attempt to re-establish trust with readers.
Robert Kagan, the Post’s editor-at-large, resigned from his position on Friday.
The Washington Post has backed a Democratic Presidential candidate every election since 1976, except for the 1988 election.
