Endorsements Archives

Opinion | Don’t abandon dedicated, hard-working reporters and editors

However the election turns out, we’ll need institutions to stand against intolerance and autocracy. Renew those Washington Post subscriptions.

November 1, 2024

Roy Peter Clark

Opinion | A major news owner bucks the trend with a presidential endorsement

Michael Bloomberg wrote an opinion piece Thursday saying he is endorsing Kamala Harris for president.

November 1, 2024

Tom Jones

Opinion | Wall Street Journal offers barbed assessments of the presidential candidates, but no endorsement

The Journal offered a mixed-to-negative review of Kamala Harris under the headline, ‘A Harris Victory Means a Fourth Obama Term’

November 1, 2024

Rick Edmonds

Gannett executive defends company’s decision to end presidential endorsements

‘We have intentionally returned to our roots as a facts-forward, down-the-center survey of our nation’

October 31, 2024

Angela Fu

Former USA Today editor rips Gannett’s retreat from presidential endorsements

It's a distinct change for the worse from the ’80s, ’90s and early 2000s, Ken Paulson argued, when Gannett let editors make those decisions

October 31, 2024

Rick Edmonds

Opinion | The Washington Post bleeds subscriptions as Bezos responds to endorsement criticism

Bezos called the move to not endorse a candidate a 'principled decision.' Meanwhile, more than 200,000 subscribers canceled as of midday Monday.

October 29, 2024

Tom Jones

Opinion | The fallout from The Washington Post’s controversial decision to not make an endorsement for president

Staff members are seething. Some have quit. The audience is so angry that it is reportedly canceling subscriptions by the thousands.

October 28, 2024

Tom Jones

Opinion | Why newspaper presidential endorsements have become an endangered species

The Washington Post. Los Angeles Times. The Minnesota Star Tribune. Tampa Bay Times. Gannett. Alden. The list grows by the day.

October 28, 2024

Rick Edmonds

Opinion | The Los Angeles Times won’t endorse a candidate for president. Its owner offers a nonsensical explanation

Patrick Soon-Shiong says the board was ‘provided an opportunity’ to offer a policy analysis instead. The editor of editorials resigned in protest.

October 24, 2024

Tom Jones

Opinion | The New York Times makes an endorsement for president

The editorial board blasted Donald Trump before reaching an unsurprising conclusion: ‘Kamala Harris is the only choice’

October 1, 2024

Tom Jones

Opinion | Big races will decide Senate control, but more and more news outlets duck endorsements

Outlets that have stopped, saying readers want more information about candidates but they don’t want to be told how to vote

November 3, 2022

Rick Edmonds

Got midterms fever? Here’s how to monitor your symptoms closely

Good morning. Here are 10 media stories. Who's got midterms fever? OK, maybe better: Who's…

November 4, 2014

Andrew Beaujon

Toronto Star investigated sex allegations against Jian Ghomeshi

Good morning. Here are 10 media stories. Jian Ghomeshi leaves CBC under dramatic circumstances: The…

October 27, 2014

Andrew Beaujon

Wisconsin State Journal is latest of 35 newspapers to flip endorsement from Obama in ’08 to Romney for president

In the final hours of the presidential campaign, the largest endorsing newspaper in the swing…

November 4, 2012

Julie Moos

As Bloomberg endorses Obama, a chance to reimagine media endorsements

Bloomberg View | Groundswell | Slate New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg's endorsement of President…

November 1, 2012

Andrew Beaujon

Opinion | Don’t abandon dedicated, hard-working reporters and editors

Opinion | A major news owner bucks the trend with a presidential endorsement

Opinion | Wall Street Journal offers barbed assessments of the presidential candidates, but no endorsement

Gannett executive defends company’s decision to end presidential endorsements

Former USA Today editor rips Gannett’s retreat from presidential endorsements

Opinion | The Washington Post bleeds subscriptions as Bezos responds to endorsement criticism

Opinion | The fallout from The Washington Post’s controversial decision to not make an endorsement for president

Opinion | Why newspaper presidential endorsements have become an endangered species

Opinion | The Los Angeles Times won’t endorse a candidate for president. Its owner offers a nonsensical explanation

Opinion | The New York Times makes an endorsement for president

Opinion | Big races will decide Senate control, but more and more news outlets duck endorsements

Got midterms fever? Here’s how to monitor your symptoms closely

Toronto Star investigated sex allegations against Jian Ghomeshi

Wisconsin State Journal is latest of 35 newspapers to flip endorsement from Obama in ’08 to Romney for president

As Bloomberg endorses Obama, a chance to reimagine media endorsements

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