Fallout continued from The Washington Post's decision not to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president with the resignations of a high-profile opinion columnist and an editorial board member.
Michele Norris, a Post opinion columnist and the first Black female host for National Public Radio, called the move a "terrible mistake" in announcing her resignation Sunday.
Also, New York Times media reporter Katie Robertson posted on X on Monday: "NEW: A member of the Washington Post's editorial board, Molly Roberts, tells me she has resigned."
Norris' resignation came two days after that of Robert Kagan, who had been an editor-at-large.
"As of yesterday, I have decided to resign from my role as a columnist for The Washington Post — a newspaper that I love. In a moment like this, everyone needs to make their own decisions. This is the reason for mine," Norris, who had written opinion columns at the Post since 2019, posted Sunday on X.
"The Washington Post's decision to withhold an endorsement that had been written & approved in an election where e core democratic principles are at stake was a terrible mistake & an insult to the paper's own longstanding standard of regularly endorsing candidates since 1976."
The Post reported Friday that "an endorsement of Harris had been drafted by Post editorial page staffers but had yet to be published," adding that the "decision to no longer publish presidential endorsements was made by The Post's owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos."
Post publisher William Lewis, in a separate story, said the newspaper is "returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates."
"The reason given in no way justifies why the newspaper would abdicate its role in informing and guiding voters as it has done in making endorsements in other key races this year, and as it has done in endorsing the candidates who were running against [former President Donald] Trump in both 2016 and 2020," Norris added in making her announcement.
Other Post columnists, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Eugene Robinson and a former deputy editorial page editor, Ruth Marcus, blasted the newspaper's decision not to endorse Harris.
Also, hundreds of readers shared screenshots on social media of their Post subscription cancellations, The Guardian reported.
Semafor reported that the Post's decision not to endorse Harris resulted in about 2,000 subscription cancellations by Friday afternoon.
The Los Angeles Times also saw staff members quit after the newspaper's owner blocked the paper's editorial board from endorsing Harris.
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