Bezos Says the Post Withheld Endorsement to Avoid Media Bias

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Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post, said the newspaper’s decision to stop endorsing presidential candidates addresses a “credibility gap” afflicting the media industry.

“Most people believe the media is biased,” Bezos said in an essayBloomberg Terminal published on the Post’s website. “Anyone who doesn’t see this is paying scant attention to reality.”