It's not just the LA Times and WaPo holding back on a presidential endorsement

[NCDem47]

Went today to download the Tampa Bay Times recommendations for early voting and it was missing the Presidential and US Senate (Florida) receommendations. Come to find out, they aren't making them! If I have this right, they were only making recommendations on candidates the Editorial Board interviewed or on issues they have studied in depth. I mean, I don't need the Times to tell me how to vote on President or Senator, but I found this surprising. The recommendation list does help me with state, county and city races though as I do get murky on some of that and I value the Board's recommendations generally.

When I Googled why the Tampa Bay Times is not doing a Presidential endoresment, I found this article the Poynter Institute (a global nonprofit that strengthens democracy by improving the relevance, ethical practice and value of journalism) that explains this is happening elsewhere. It does cover newspapers who HAVE made the decision to stick with an endorement too.

Opinion | Why newspaper presidential endorsements have become an endangered species
The Washington Post. Los Angeles Times. The Minnesota Star Tribune. Tampa Bay Times. Gannett. McClatchy. Alden. The list grows by the day.


https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/washington-post-los-angeles-times-not-endorsing-harris-trump-president/

[Charging Triceratops]

1. Legacy media is dead and gone

Support the outlets that still function, like the Philadelphia Inquirer!

[OLDMDDEM]

2. I believe the papers are doing this in case Trump wins. They will hope and pray that if he does, he will leave

them alone because they did not endorse Kamala for president. Maybe I'm naive but I do feel they have shown they have no balls.

[SonOfNebanaube]

3. They should shutter their doors and drift to irrelevance.

If the press can't speak truth to power then the press doesn't exist. Call them what they are; they're cowards.

[Bettie]

4. No endorsement this cycle

is an endorsement of the orange man.

[NCDem47]

5. The Minnesota Star Tribune can't endorse their own GOVERNOR for ticket?!?

Oh brother!

[sarisataka]

6. Re: Free Press

The press of Italy is free, freer than the press of any other country, so long as it supports the regime.

Benito Mussolini

I believe it is called anticipatory compliance.

[Wiz Imp]

7. List of daily newspaper endorsements from Wikipedia

Donald Trump
Las Vegas Review-Journal Las Vegas Nevada
New York Post New York City New York
Republican-American Waterbury Connecticut
St. Joseph News-Press St. Joseph Missouri
The Santa Clarita Valley Signal Santa Clarita California
The Washington Times Washington District of Columbia

Kamala Harris
Connecticut Post Bridgeport Connecticut
Daily Herald Arlington Heights Illinois
Greenwich Time Greenwich Connecticut
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Honolulu Hawaii
Houston Chronicle Houston Texas
Las Vegas Sun Las Vegas Nevada
Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln Nebraska
New Haven Register New Haven Connecticut
Newsday Long Island New York
San Antonio Express-News San Antonio Texas
Stamford Advocate Stamford Connecticut
The Berkshire Eagle Pittsfield Massachusetts
The Boston Globe Boston Massachusetts
The Buffalo News Buffalo New York
The Day New London Connecticut
The Dominion Post Morgantown West Virginia
The Everett Herald Everett Washington
The Hour Norwalk Connecticut
The Jersey Journal Secaucus New Jersey
The New York Times New York City New York
The News-Times Danbury Connecticut
The Oregonian Portland Oregon
The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Tribune Philadelphia Pennsylvania
The Plain Dealer Cleveland Ohio
The Press Democrat Santa Rosa California
The Republican Springfield Massachusetts
The Seattle Times Seattle Washinton
The Star-Ledger Newark New Jersey
The Sun Chronicle Attleboro Massachusetts
The Tribune-Democrat Johnstown Pennsylvania
Times Union Albany New York
Wisconsin State Journal Madison Wisconsin

No endorsement
Edwardsville Intelligencer Edwardsville Illinois
Kingsport Times-News Kingsport Tennessee
Los Angeles Times Los Angeles California
Minnesota Star Tribune Minneapolis Minnesota
The Denver Post Denver Colorado
The Washington Post Washington District of Columbia

[NCDem47]

8. Great add. Thank you!

[mopinko]

9. i notice chgo trib hasnt endorsed.

[LeftInTX]

10. I think some don't endorse for president because

they know voters have already made up their minds. I look forward to judicial endorsements etc.
Generally, their day to day commentary shows where they stand on POTUS.

The SA EN endorsed Kamala, but don't know if they wrote an article.