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I don't know for sure, but I suspect that this phenomenon of news media endorsing political candidates is almost entirely unique to the US. Please prove me wron

by lysace 2y ago

I don't know for sure, but I suspect that this phenomenon of news media endorsing political candidates is almost entirely unique to the US. Please prove me wrong.

mongol 2y ago
I can't prove you wrong, but I think political alignment of newspapers come in many flavors. Many countries have more parties than two, and as the choice ls less binary, the endorsements can be more subtle.
arp242 2y ago
Making a big song and dance about the entire business of "endorsements" seems to be a very US thing as far as I know. I am of course not familiar with all democracies of the world, but it doesn't seem common anywhere else I've seen.
mthoms 2y ago
It's common practice across the anglosphere (US, Canada, UK, Australia, NZ). I'm not sure about elsewhere.
- lysace 2y ago
  Cases in point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2024_Unite... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_endorsements_in_2019_Australian_federal_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_endorsements_in_2019_A...
hluska 2y ago
The Globe and Mail is a Canadian paper. Here is its history of endorsements since 1984: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/federal-election-globe-editorial-endorsements-from-1984-to-now/article26827000/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/federal-electi... There is an entire Wikipedia page devoted only to endorsements in the 2024 United Kingdom general election: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2024_Uni...
- lysace 2y ago
  Yeah, it does seem big in anglo-saxon countries. (I already posted that Wikipedia page, btw.)
  - hluska 2y ago
    I have an eight year old so there’s a big gap between actually starting a comment and posting it. That’s a pretty weak thing to criticize me for.
    - lysace 2y ago
      You're not the only one with kids, but I'm not sure how that is relevant.
mandevil 2y ago
I am monolingual but here is Le Monde's English edition endorsing an anti-RN (far right party) plan in the recent French Parliamentary elections: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2024/06/28/french-elections-preserving-our-democracy_6676044_23.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2024/06/28/french-... It was done under the name of the Director of Le Monde, rather than as an unsigned editorial as is common in English language newspapers, but it sure looks similar to my American eyes.

by lysace 2y ago

I don't know for sure, but I suspect that this phenomenon of news media endorsing political candidates is almost entirely unique to the US. Please prove me wrong.

mongol 2y ago

I can't prove you wrong, but I think political alignment of newspapers come in many flavors. Many countries have more parties than two, and as the choice ls less binary, the endorsements can be more subtle.

arp242 2y ago

Making a big song and dance about the entire business of "endorsements" seems to be a very US thing as far as I know. I am of course not familiar with all democracies of the world, but it doesn't seem common anywhere else I've seen.

mthoms 2y ago

It's common practice across the anglosphere (US, Canada, UK, Australia, NZ). I'm not sure about elsewhere.

lysace 2y ago
Cases in point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2024_Unite... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_endorsements_in_2019_Australian_federal_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_endorsements_in_2019_A...

hluska 2y ago

The Globe and Mail is a Canadian paper. Here is its history of endorsements since 1984: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/federal-election-globe-editorial-endorsements-from-1984-to-now/article26827000/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/federal-electi... There is an entire Wikipedia page devoted only to endorsements in the 2024 United Kingdom general election: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2024_Uni...

lysace 2y ago
Yeah, it does seem big in anglo-saxon countries. (I already posted that Wikipedia page, btw.)
- hluska 2y ago
  I have an eight year old so there’s a big gap between actually starting a comment and posting it. That’s a pretty weak thing to criticize me for.
  - lysace 2y ago
    You're not the only one with kids, but I'm not sure how that is relevant.

mandevil 2y ago

I am monolingual but here is Le Monde's English edition endorsing an anti-RN (far right party) plan in the recent French Parliamentary elections: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2024/06/28/french-elections-preserving-our-democracy_6676044_23.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2024/06/28/french-... It was done under the name of the Director of Le Monde, rather than as an unsigned editorial as is common in English language newspapers, but it sure looks similar to my American eyes.