and it's all because the publications owner, jeff phases, is trying to react to the declining trust that americans have for media outlets like kids in the annual public surveys about trust and reputation. journalists in the media have regularly fallen near the very bottom, often just above congress. but in this years gallop poll, we have managed to fall below congress. our profession is now the least trusted of all. we must be accurate and we must be believed to be accurate. is a bitter pill to swallow. but we're failing on the 2nd requirement. most people believe the media is biased. house base i was trying to win back the people's trust by denying the post a presidential election candidate endorsement for the 1st time in 36 years. looks like the editor of spent all that time writing and endorsement for kamala harris for nothing but they didn't go down without 21 of them signing off on a statement calling all of this a terrible mistake. the washington post's decision not to make an endorsement in the presidential campaign, is a terrible mistake. it represents an abandonment of the funda

that's why jeff phase, those who owns the washington post, decided that this year the washington post is not actually going to endorse any political candidate. this is something that has not happened for 36 years. the hard truth, americans don't trust the news media. our profession is now the least trustable something we are doing is clearly not working. we must work hard to control what we can control to increase our credibility. lack of credibility isn't unique to the post outbreak or in newspapers have the same issue. and it's a problem not only for media, but also for the nation, the washington post and the new york times when prizes. but increasingly we talk only to a certain, the lease more and more we talk to us selves. and so with the election just about a week away, and the us political system devolving into even more name, calling extreme comparisons and an overall lack of trustworthiness, it looks like, i mean, the only thing anyone can do is really hope for the best. yeah, a great anyone else international will be having no special coverage for the american election to the

jeff, let's start with tonight's town hall. >> how is the harris campaign preparing jake, the vice president, sees this in two phases. she wants to persuade voters and mobilize voters at the same time those are the marching orders to her campaign for the next about week-and-a-half or so. and by persuading voters that is really reaching out to the undecided and persuadable voters in this audience tonight, and that is trying to again, repeat what she did earlier today by trying to disqualify former president donald trump. you may wonder what could possibly be said now that has not already been said over and over. i talked to one advisor who said, it does take repetition. and now that more people are paying attention, the former president's own words, every single day is something that she is seizing on every single day. it's been pretty extraordinary if you're at her rallies, she now has big screens. she's playing his words at her rallies, so i expect her she intends to i'm told talk about the generals comment here tonight as part of her disqualification message, but mobilization is also part of her effort. she's still