The premiere of a new documentary about legendary Washington Post publisher Katherin Graham was notable not for the prominent business leaders and politicians who attended the event — held Sunday night at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — but for who didn’t go: Any of the storied newspaper’s current leadership.

The paper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, was in Los Angeles attending the 2025 Academy Awards. But current publisher and CEO Will Lewis also skipped the celebration for “Becoming Katherine Graham,” as did executive editor Matt Murray. According to the New York Times, Lewis was in fact specifically invited to the event, but told organizers no. Murray has not spoken publicly about his absence.

The snub comes as the Post remains mired in a worsening crisis that is in many ways of Bezos and Lewis’ own making.

The paper was rocked by internal discontent when Lewis, a veteran...