Patrick Soon-Shiong, the newspaper’s billionaire owner, suggested in an internal email that both presidential candidates’ support for Israel’s war on Gaza was among the reasons he decided the newspaper would not make an endorsement.

Iran Press/America: Soon-Shiong outlined the reasons behind the choice in an email sent on November 3 and obtained by the outlet Drop Site News.

“Has there ever been a time in our history, when our nation is knowingly providing arms to another nation using those weapons to kill children, women, innocent people and target the press, doctors and medical workers?” he wrote. “And policies enabling this are supported, it seems, by both candidates?

“I feel strongly about us leading the press and media in trying to be an objective voice of balance and truly speak truth to power without our conformational bias”, he added.

Soon-Shiong’s daughter, Nika Soon-Shiong, had previously indicated that her father’s decision was motivated by the war in Gaza and his personal experience living in South Africa during apartheid, though Soon-Shiong had denied the claim as “her opinion”.

Soon-Shiong faced much criticism for his refusal to endorse a candidate, which led to the resignation of three editorial board members.

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Washington Post, also decided the newspaper would not make an endorsement for different reasons.

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