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Donald Trump Makes History With Zero Major Newspaper Endorsements

Historical & Groundbreaking Endorsements Compiled:

The Chicago Tribune endorsed a Non-Republican for only the 2nd time in 163-years by supporting Johnson

The Atlantic endorsed a Presidential candidate for only the 3rd time in 159-years by supporting Clinton

The San Diego Union-Tribune endorsed a Democrat for the 1st time in 148-years by supporting Clinton

Detroit News endorsed a Non-Republican for the 1st time in 143-years by supporting Johnson

The Arizona Republic endorsed a Democrat for the 1st time in 126-years by supporting Clinton

Philadelphia endorsed a Presidential candidate for the 1st time in 108-years by supporting Clinton

The New Hampshire Union Leader endorsed a Non-Republican for the 1st time in 100+ years by supporting Johnson

The Cincinnati Enquirer endorsed a Democrat for the 1st time in 100+ years by supporting Clinton

The Desert Sun endorsed a Democrat for the 1st time in 90-years by supporting Clinton

The Dallas Morning News endorsed a Democrat for the 1st time in 76-years by supporting Clinton

The Tulsa World refused to endorse a Republican or Presidential Candidate for the 1st time in 72-years

The Houston Chronicle endorsed a Democrat for only the 3rd time in 70-years by supporting Clinton

The Richmond-Times Dispatch endorsed a Non-Republican for the 1st time in 36-years by supporting Johnson

USA Today gave a endorsement/non-endorsement for the 1st time in 34-years by opposing Trump

The Dallas Voice endorsed a Presidential candidate for the 1st time in 32-years by supporting Clinton

Wired endorsed a Presidential candidate for the 1st time in 25-years by supporting Clinton

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Donald-...

so everyone is stupid in your opinion?

Huh? I said otherwise smart people are losing their minds over this election, not that everyone is stupid. Your list underscores my overarching point though: there is incredible motivation from many parties and many parties with resources to see Trump fail, at every stage from the primaries to the GOP nomination to the eventual election in a month, that if there was real dirt on Trump that could make him dance like a puppet (or otherwise be manipulated, or tarnished so terribly), it's incredibly unlikely that such dirt would only be known to Putin.

This just proves to me it's the crooked Establishment and Elites vs Trump and the Middle Class, even if half of us will have to be dragged kicking and screaming 'racist!' and 'literally Hitler!' into our new Trump-built promised land.

These are great days we're living, bros.

Why do newspapers even have to endorse candidates at all? Isn't the idea of newspapers telling people how to think - and how to vote - somewhat Orwellian?

I'd much rather that people vote for Clinton because they made up their own mind and decided she was the better candidate, not because "well everybody told me to so I guess I better do what they say". That's scary.

Expressing an opinion is "Orwellian"? When you use words in such a manner they start to lose meaning. Maybe that already happened and led to your post.

No, I do not think it is a problem for any person or editorial body to share an opinion. I do not see it as a form of mind control to be exposed to other people's worldview. And Trump is exactly as hideous a human being as everyone has pointed out, besides being a deeply flawed candidate who is in over his head and has no capability to deliver on even a fraction of (what little) he has promised.

I started replying, but much of what I would have said is covered better by the USA Today post regarding their endorsement breaching their editorial ethics of neutrality:

"Endorsements might taint the objective reporting we were trying to do in the rest of the newspaper. Moreover, [USA Today founder Al Neuharth] felt it was elitist to assume we know better than everyone else when it comes to voting."

[1] http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/10/04/disendorsem...

wow, ever heard of freedom of speech? newspapers are free to express their own beliefs. you won't get that in Russia or China.

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