Washington Post reports liberals are canceling subscriptions over paper’s decision not to endorse VP Harris

The Washington Post reported that a "cancellation movement" of once-loyal readers cutting ties pinch nan insubstantial is simply a "political connection chiefly coming from nan American left" arsenic readers are outraged complete its determination not to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris. 

A trio of Post reporters wrote that affirmative soul momentum astatine their spot of employment "came to a halt" connected Friday erstwhile patient William Lewis declared nan "Democracy Dies successful Darkness" insubstantial would not endorse a statesmanlike candidate. In nan days since, an onslaught of readers posted connected social media astir canceling subscriptions successful protest, prompting Washington Post reporters to fret complete really galore subscribers would yet locomotion away. 

"A cancellation activity swept done societal networks. Instead of utilizing an soul analytics instrumentality to cheque postulation to their ain stories, immoderate Post journalists utilized it to floor plan nan soaring number of subscribers visiting nan customer relationship page that allows them to cancel their subscriptions," Post reporters Manuel Roig-Franzia, Herb Scribner and Laura Wagner wrote successful a piece headlined "For The Post, much outrage from readers who opportunity they’ve canceled." 

WASHINGTON POST UNION, STAFFERS REVOLT OVER DECISION NOT TO ENDORSE A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, BLAME BEZOS

The Washington Post reported that a "cancellation movement" of once-loyal readers cutting ties pinch nan insubstantial is simply a "political connection chiefly coming from nan American left" arsenic readers are outraged complete nan determination not to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.  (Left: Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images, Right: (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Right: (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images))

"On societal media, sharing screenshots of Post subscription cancellation confirmations became much than conscionable a thing," nan Post reporters continued. "It was a governmental connection chiefly coming from nan American left, enraged by reports successful The Post and elsewhere that nan newspaper’s editorial writers had drafted an endorsement of nan Democratic nominee." 

Indeed, a assortment of salient liberals person posted astir canceling: 

It's unclear really galore subscriptions person been terminated. A Washington Post spokesperson declined remark connected subscription numbers. 

"Post reporters weighed successful connected nan decision, mostly telling their readers and followers that canceled subscriptions would extremity up hurting journalists, not executives, and explaining nan long-standing separation betwixt nan news unit and nan opinions staff," nan Post reported. 

"The #BoycottWaPo hashtag spawned dozens of anti-Post comments, arsenic good arsenic remarks from notable nationalist figures and influencers astir canceled subscriptions," nan study continued. "There was besides an outpouring of support from journalists passim nan industry, who remarked that canceled subscriptions don’t effect owners for illustration Bezos, but nan reporters and staffers."

BEFORE NON-ENDORSEMENT DECISION, WASHINGTON POST CALLED TRUMP 'DREADFUL' AND 'WORST PRESIDENT OF MODERN TIMES'

Billionaire Jeff Bezos bought nan Washington Post successful 2013. ((Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)

The Post besides noted that Lewis has "sought to tamp down speculation" that nan paper’s billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, made nan determination successful bid to thief erstwhile President Trump. 

Lewis has claimed nan determination to extremity statesmanlike endorsements "was made wholly internally and neither run nor campaigner was fixed a heads up aliases consulted," and has told concerned staffers that "it is nan incorrect point for an independent newspaper to show readers really to ballot successful a statesmanlike election."

The Post announced connected Friday that it would not beryllium offering an endorsement successful nan upcoming statesmanlike predetermination aliases immoderate early one, successful what patient Lewis said was a "returning to our roots." 

An endorsement of Harris was reportedly drafted and fresh to people earlier it was abruptly shelved. The paper, which has been reliably dispute to erstwhile President Trump for years, has endorsed a Democrat for president successful each predetermination since 1976, isolated from for erstwhile it skipped 1 successful 1988. 

Multiple Post sentiment columnists co-signed a file condemning nan decision, astatine slightest 2 labor person discontinue successful protestation and galore others bashed their employer connected societal media. 

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Former Time Magazine editor-in-chief Nancy Gibbs called nan non-endorsement an enactment of "self-sabotage" by nan insubstantial earlier suggesting Post readers would person problem deciding who to ballot for arsenic a result. 

"I’m worried they’ll person problem deciding whom to trust," Gibbs wrote successful a New York Times piece.

Fox News Digital's David Rutz contributed to this report.