‘MediaBuzz’ host Howard Kurtz reports on how The Washington Post is refraining from making a presidential endorsement for the first time in decades on ‘Special Report.’

Newspaper presidential endorsements used to be newsworthy. Now, they only make news when they don’t happen. Both journalists and the left automatically assume the papers will support Democrats like they do the other 364 days a year.

But fast-forward to the 2024 presidential election, where we are living through a real-time fact check of news media neutrality and watching the press fail big time.

Liberal staffers of the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post saw their plans to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president canceled and the uproar that followed was as predictable as their usual list of endorsements. Of course, they’re upset. They spent years pretending Donald Trump is evil incarnate, but not even the guys who write their checks believe them.

Billionaire Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon, owns the Post. He wrote a piece for the paper explaining how journalism has lost credibility and, "Most people believe the media is biased." (Duh.) He admitted some of the problem, noting, "It would be easy to blame others for our long and continuing fall in credibility." But he didn't. He added that canceling endorsements is "a meaningful step in the right direction."

Bezos probably won’t win many media friends, saying, "Lack of credibility isn’t unique to The Post. Our brethren newspapers have the same issue." And then adding that, "The Washington Post and the New York Times win prizes, but increasingly we talk only to a certain elite."

Journalists think their bosses might be "caving to Trump" because they believe he’s going to win. Newsies are terrified the bosses are right. (Getty Images)

That endorsement boycott is catching. USA........

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