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In response to "Help me reconcile some thoughts on newspaper endorsements." by Beryllium

The 'hot water' is because owners seems to be using a heavy hand to block what the editorial staff would otherwise do. That's scary.

Posted by ty97 Oct 25 '24, 11:46

Is that heavy hand being used to impact news coverage as well?

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Related, Dwayne Johnson's wiki page says he stopped endorsing because of reaction. - Max Oct 25, 11:56
Add on to that: If these owners have a philosophical problem with endorsements (similar to you) then why wasn't this change made previously. -- (edited) - ty97 Oct 25, 11:47 6
- The owners don't have a philosophical stumbling block, they are billionaires with financial reasons to block it -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 11:50 1
  - *Jack Nicholson nodding gif* -- nm - Trending Oct 25, 11:56
- FINALLY: LAT and WaPo owners/managers not allowing the editor to endorse two weeks before the election is *in itself* an endorsement...of Trump -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 11:49 3
  - Yes. If they made that decision after the last election and explained their reasoning, ok (though I would still disagree in something as - pmb Oct 25, 12:08
  - Yes, it clearly is. It's in proactive service of what Trump would want (without nakedly committing to it) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 11:51 1
    - And thus why the papers are in hot water. How can you trust either LAT or WaPo now? -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 11:52

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