About Those Newspaper Endorsements...
November 6, 2006 10:20 PM Subscribe
Should we trust newspaper endorsements in our current age of media consolidation? Here in Duluth, Minnesota, I typically valued newspaper endorsements of candidates, because they represented the views of professional journalists well-versed in the political issues facing us who had actively questioned the candidates. Newspaper endorsements may only change one percentage point of the vote, but that's actually a fairly significant impact compared to other factors. At any rate, the purchase of my local daily newspaper by a company more interested in imposing its views on readers than in fostering debate has changed the equation and, in my opinion, harmed the integrity of our paper's endorsement process.
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posted by Pollomacho at 10:54 PM on November 6, 2006