Jeff Bezos.Leon Bennett/GettyThe Washington Post won't endorse a presidential candidate in 2024.Former executive editor Marty Baron called the decision "a moment of darkness," per NPR.Sources told The Washington Post that the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, made the decision.The Washington Post said Friday it won't endorse a candidate in the 2024 election — or in any future presidential races.Status reported earlier this week that the paper, owned by Jeff Bezos, had yet to make an endorsement, prompting questions internally.In a note to readers Friday, the Post's publisher and CEO, William Lewis, confirmed the paper was "returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates."Lewis wrote that with one exception, in 1952, the Post did not endorse presidential candidates before the 1976 election when it endorsed Jimmy Carter, but he acknowledged the paper's decision could face blowback."We recognize that this will be read in a range of ways, including as a tacit endorsement of one candidate, or as a condemnation of another, or as an abdication of responsibility," Lewis wrote.But he said the paper ultimately wants readers to make up their own minds — aided by its "nonpartisan news" and "reported views from our opinion team."Later on Friday, The Washington Post, citing two sources briefed on the decision, reported that Bezos made the call not to publish an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, which had already been drafted by editorial staffers.NPR reported that members of the Post newsroom were upset by the decision.