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BumRushDaShow

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Fri Oct 25, 2024, 05:47 PM Oct 25

'We Aren't Afraid to Take a Stand': Editorial Writer at The Philadelphia Inquirer Roasts LA Times And Washington Post

Source: MEDIAite

Oct 25th, 2024, 4:37 pm


An editorial writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer took a shot at another newspaper for its refusal to endorse a presidential candidate.

The Inquirer on Friday published its endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. That endorsement notably came hours after The Washington Post announced its decision not to endorse anyone. It’s the first time the paper has chosen not to endorse a candidate in 36 years. In the non-endorsement piece, Washington Post publisher and CEO William Lewis said the paper is “returning to our roots” and will no longer endorse candidates moving forward.

The decision has been met with outrage among Post staffers, and at least one has resigned. Days before, the LA Times announced it wouldn’t be endorsing a candidate either. It was later revealed that Patrick Soon-Shiong — the owner of the LA Times — refused to allow the editorial board to endorse Harris. As a result, multiple LA Times staffers have also quit.

The Inquirer was not subject to similar restrictions. The paper’s editorial board on Friday published its own endorsement of Harris, claiming “there has never been a more important presidential election in our lifetime.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/news/we-arent-afraid-to-take-a-stand-editorial-writer-at-the-philadelphia-inquirer-roasts-la-times-and-washington-post-for-not-endorsing/



Full headline: ‘We Aren’t Afraid to Take a Stand’: Editorial Writer at The Philadelphia Inquirer Roasts LA Times And Washington Post For Not Endorsing




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Kamala Harris for president | Endorsement
There has never been a more important presidential election in our lifetime. The road to the White House may well run through Pennsylvania and every vote matters.
12:45 PM · Oct 25, 2024
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'We Aren't Afraid to Take a Stand': Editorial Writer at The Philadelphia Inquirer Roasts LA Times And Washington Post (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 25 OP
Well said! Marthe48 Oct 25 #1
Do it! It's worth it. I'm from the area. johnnyfins Oct 25 #3
Back in ancient times in the 1960s BOSSHOG Oct 25 #9
I hope someone learned to pick up their own mess there. travelingthrulife Oct 26 #12
We did a pretty good job BOSSHOG Oct 26 #13
Digital subscription is $1 for the first 6 months, cancel anytime. Great reporting. Ramsey Barner Oct 25 #5
I subscribed. Thanks for your recommendation. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Oct 26 #11
Some "newspapers" are chicken shit; some are NEWSpapers. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 25 #2
We knew this kind of thing was coming when Bush slightlv Oct 25 #4
All Major Texas Newspapers Had Endorsements of Colin Allred Despite Being Located in Red Texas Stallion Oct 25 #6
Houston Chron endorsed Harris/Walz too - TBF Oct 25 #8
YAY BIG NEWS!! TY & The Philadelphia Inquirer!💙 Cha Oct 25 #7
I am grateful to the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times Rocknation Oct 26 #10
K&R ck4829 Oct 28 #14

BOSSHOG

(40,274 posts)
9. Back in ancient times in the 1960s
Fri Oct 25, 2024, 08:27 PM
Oct 25

We’d get the Inquirer in the AM and Bulletin in the PM (or vice versa). Between me, my brother and Dad we’d have papers strewn all over our little home. Mom would pick up after us late in the day then we’d start all over tomorrow. Sundays were a mess.

BOSSHOG

(40,274 posts)
13. We did a pretty good job
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 11:52 AM
Oct 26

It was important to me to keep the papers in a neat pile. We recycled papers in North Philly in the early 60s. I’d put them in my wagon and my grandfather would walk me 4 blocks to the recycling place and I’d get a couple cents for our contribution. My good ole days.

slightlv

(4,441 posts)
4. We knew this kind of thing was coming when Bush
Fri Oct 25, 2024, 06:21 PM
Oct 25

allowed these millionaires to buy up media in all kinds of forms. Up until then, they'd only been limited to one format. With Bush, at last they could own both over-the-air media AND newspapers... and digital, if they wanted. We kept screaming the end result would be two or three people owning everything media related in this country, and we'd never get "news" they didn't want us to see again. But it seemed like too few could see past the shouts of "hyperbole" to understand what we were saying. (sigh)

Stallion

(6,613 posts)
6. All Major Texas Newspapers Had Endorsements of Colin Allred Despite Being Located in Red Texas
Fri Oct 25, 2024, 07:28 PM
Oct 25

Dallas Moring News
Ft. Worth Star Telegram'
Austin American Statesman
Houston Chronicles
El Paso Times
(not sure about their endorsements for President)

Cowboy Up! Buttercups
What a joke

TBF

(34,748 posts)
8. Houston Chron endorsed Harris/Walz too -
Fri Oct 25, 2024, 07:55 PM
Oct 25

she's here in town today & they printed their endorsement to coincide w/her rally

Rocknation

(44,885 posts)
10. I am grateful to the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 12:31 AM
Oct 26

Last edited Sat Oct 26, 2024, 09:07 AM - Edit history (3)

for removing my last grains of doubt (as granular as they were) that Kamala could win by a margin large enough to render WaPo and LAT as unable to be associated with DuhDon any longer.



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