The Post announced Friday that it would not be endorsing a presidential candidate. The decision has sparked widespread backlash.
Author Stephen King announced on Friday that he canceled his subscription to The as the newspaper faces backlash for declining to endorse a presidential candidate this election.
In an op-ed published Friday morning, the Post’s chief executive and publisher William Lewis wrote that the paper would not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris nor former President Donald Trump this election. The paper has regulaly endorsed presidential candidates since 1976, when it backed former President Jimmy Carter.
King, a frequent critic of Trump, posted to X (formerly Twitter) later in the day that “[a]fter 5 years, I have canceled my subscription to the .” He did not provide a reason for the decision, but did reshare a separate post on Friday that criticized the Post’s decision to not endorse a political candidate.
Several supporters of Harris have spoken out since Lewis’ op-ed, which stated that the paper was “returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates” and would not make endorsements in future elections as well. He added in the editorial that the job of the Post was to “provide through the newsroom nonpartisan news for all Americans, and thought-provoking, reported views from our opinion team to help our readers make up their own minds.
