{"id":2361122,"date":"2024-10-29T15:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T19:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-woodward-blasts-washington-post-for-ending-presidential-endorsements-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T15:19:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T19:19:28","slug":"bob-woodward-blasts-washington-post-for-ending-presidential-endorsements-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-woodward-blasts-washington-post-for-ending-presidential-endorsements-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Woodward blasts Washington Post for ending presidential endorsements &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbob-woodward-blasts-washington-post-for-ending-presidential-endorsements-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2361122&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Bob Woodward, the renowned journalist known for his\u200c reporting on \u200bthe Watergate scandal, has publicly criticized\u2063 the Washington\u2064 Post for its decision to\u2063 refrain from endorsing any \u2062candidates in the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-appears-to-be-a-popular-lead-for-2024-straw-poll-shows\/\" title=\"DeSantis Appears To Be A Popular Lead For 2024, Straw Poll Shows\">upcoming 2024 presidential election<\/a>. This choice \u2063was made by the newspaper&#8217;s owner,\u2063 Jeff Bezos, and marks a departure from the Post&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-district-nixes-halloween-over-diversity-concerns-costumes-could-violate-the-dignity-of-some-students\/\" title=\"School District cancels Halloween due to diversity concerns, costumes may offend certain students.\">long-standing \u2063tradition<\/a> of endorsing candidates since the 1980s.\u2062 In a recent episode\u200d of ABC&#8217;s \u2062&#8221;The\u2064 View,&#8221; Woodward expressed \u200bhis disagreement, emphasizing the importance of the Post&#8217;s\u200b dual \u2064roles as both a news organization and an\u200c editorial voice.\u200b He recalled how the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">editorial side supported reporters<\/a>\u2063 during critical \u2063investigations, arguing that such institutional backing is crucial\u200d in today&#8217;s political landscape. The Washington Post&#8217;s stance follows similar non-endorsement \u2064decisions by other major publications like the\u2062 Los Angeles Times and USA Today.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bob Woodward blasts Washington Post for ending presidential endorsements<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1846002\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Journalist <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bob-woodward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bob Woodward<\/a>, best known for his coverage of the 1960s Watergate scandal, criticized his former employer, the <em>Washington Post<\/em>, for not endorsing either candidate in the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2024 presidential race<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The announcement of this non-endorsement came less than two weeks before Election Day. The <em>Washington Post<\/em> had issued its backing to candidates since the 1980s. This week, owner Jeff Bezos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2024\/10\/28\/jeff-bezos-washington-post-trust\/?utm_campaign=wp_main&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">announced<\/a> that tradition is over, joining the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> and <em>USA Today<\/em> in opting not to support Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I really disagree,&rdquo; Woodward said on Tuesday&rsquo;s episode of ABC&rsquo;s <em>The View<\/em>. &ldquo;The <em>Post<\/em> thought, it has a news side and an editorial side. It&rsquo;s one institution. During Watergate &mdash; can I go back 50-plus years to talk about? When Carl Bernstein and I wrote stories that were denied, the <em>Washington Post<\/em> editorial department stood squarely behind us all of the way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Legendary &#8216;Washington Post&#8217; journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realBobWoodward?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realBobWoodward<\/a> explains why he &#8220;really disagrees&#8221; with the newspaper&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocker-amazons-a-hypocrite-on-mail-in-ballots\/\" title=\"Shocker\u2013Amazon\u2019s a Hypocrite on Mail-in Ballots\">editorial board<\/a> not endorsing a presidential candidate, pointing to the media outlet having both a news side and editorial side. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JKv5DCJ01w\">pic.twitter.com\/JKv5DCJ01w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The View (@TheView) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheView\/status\/1851289405970952672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Woodward has also written several books on presidents, including a trilogy about Trump, and released a book on President Joe Biden&rsquo;s first term earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I go with the idea: It&rsquo;s one institution,&rdquo; Woodward continued. &ldquo;And it is an institution reporting about Donald Trump and what he&rsquo;s done and supported by the editorial page.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the <em>Washington Post&rsquo;s<\/em> decision, an estimated 200,000 readers canceled their subscriptions. Additionally, three members of the editorial board left their posts in protest. A written endorsement for Harris had already been in the works when Bezos decided to break with tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>, the paper had backed the Democratic candidate since 2008. <em>USA Today<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/usa-today-announces-not-endorse-2024-race-following-washington-post-la-times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"made the call\">made the call<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1846002\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1846002\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Woodward criticizes Washington Post for skipping 2024 endorsements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2361124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Bob-Woodword-2019-PEN-Awards.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43961,43962,32293],"class_list":["post-2361122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bob-woodward","tag-presidential-endorsements","tag-washington-post"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Bob-Woodword-2019-PEN-Awards.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2361124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}