Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos defended his publication’s decision not to back a presidential candidate ahead of the Nov. 5 election, insisting political endorsements “create a perception of bias.” Bezos broke his silence on the matter in an op-ed published by the Washington Post last night. He argued that his newspaper ending its long-running practice of endorsing a candidate for the White House is a “principled decision, and it’s the right one.” “Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election. No undecided voters in Pennsylvania are going to say, ‘I’m going with Newspaper A’s endorsement.’ None,” he wrote.