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> Newspapers are a business and have to give their customers what they want. Isn't that supposed to be news and not worthless institutional opinions on the pre
by akira2501 2y ago
> Newspapers are a business and have to give their customers what they want.
Isn't that supposed to be news and not worthless institutional opinions on the presidential office?
> It's unlikely that an independent owner with no conflict of interest would make the same decision.
An unconflicted owner wouldn't endorse either candidate. In general, hopefully, but in this election, particularly.
- yieldcrv 2y agothat's my stance as well WaPo needed someone to make a difficult decision, conflict of interest or not, to just rip the bandaid off of their imprisonment of endorsing candidates that's over now. the end. the market is going to forget this was ever a thing.
- reverius42 2y agoHaving an editorial opinion is not the same thing as having a conflict of interest. In general readers don’t expect newspapers to contain only news, but also opinions and editorial decisions. Candidate endorsements are a typical part of what’s expected.
- 0x457 2y ago> Isn't that supposed to be news and not worthless institutional opinions on the presidential office? That's the goal of Journalism. Newspaper only goals: sell newspapers, sell ads in those newspapers (and since it we live in the age of internet - their website). > An unconflicted owner wouldn't endorse either candidate. In general, hopefully, but in this election, particularly. unconflicted owner's opinion shouldn't effect editorial staff opinions.