By Adam Pagnucco.
The Washington Post’s decision to not endorse in the presidential general election has caused more than 200,000 subscription cancellations and fired off raging debate on social media. The Post’s staff union, which faced downsizing and walked off the job nearly a year ago, has weighed in with a message to readers: don’t cancel but do complain. This morning’s blast email from the Washington-Baltimore News Guild is reprinted below.
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WBNG Family,
Over 12,000 letters have been sent to support the Post Guild!
Last Friday, when Washington Post management made the call to end all presidential endorsements, they undercut the work of our members on the Post’s Editorial team. According to Guild members, an endorsement was already drafted—but The Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos, decided not to publish it.
This decision has already led to cancellations from once-loyal readers, and it undercuts the work our members do every day.
Since the announcement, over 12,000 letters have been sent to Washington Post management calling out this decision, but we need even more:
This is our chance to stand together and show them the power of our members and the communities we serve. Thanks for being in this with us.
The union’s tweet appearing in its email.