{"id":63503,"date":"2024-10-26T13:57:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T20:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=63503"},"modified":"2024-10-26T13:57:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T20:57:08","slug":"while-2-big-newspapers-quash-kamala-harris-endorsements-another-kisses-trumps-lets-say-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=63503","title":{"rendered":"While 2 Big Newspapers Quash Kamala Harris Endorsements, Another Kisses Trump’s…Let’s Say Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"

The role of the media during the 2024 presidential election has not exactly earned the honor that the fourth estate deems itself worthy of. It spent much of this campaign season demeaning President Biden prior to his passing the torch to his Vice-President, Kamala Harris. Following Harris’ entry into the race, many in the mainstream press held her to ridiculously higher standards than they did Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

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As CNN’s Van Jones said, “He gets to be lawless, she has to be flawless.”<\/em> There was little distinction made between Harris, a candidate who has stellar credentials (Attorney General of the largest state in the union, United States Senator, and Vice-President), and Trump, whose resume reeks of personal and professional depravity (a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, financial fraudster, pathological liar, and mentally infirm). What’s more, Trump despises the media and openly threatens its existence.<\/p>\n

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This week a couple of prominent newspapers lathered themselves in disgrace by announcing that they would succumb to the MAGA mob and the bullying tactics of Donald Trump by refraining from making any endorsements in the presidential race. As reported by The Guardian’s Margaret Sullivan<\/a><\/strong>…<\/p>\n

“The Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post have decided to sit this one out. Both major news organizations, each owned by a billionaire, announced this week that their editorial boards would not make a presidential endorsement, despite their decades-long traditions of doing so. There\u2019s no other way to see this other than as an appalling display of cowardice and a dereliction of their public duty.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This wasn’t a neutral decision by experienced journalists. It was the mandate from the owners after editors had already decided to endorse Harris. As a result, senior editorial staffers at both papers resigned in protest of what former WaPo editor Marty Baron called “Disturbing spinelessness.”<\/em> Even worse, it’s an implied message of support for Trump who, were he to win, could bring his wrath down on the billionaire owners who both have personal fortunes dependent on government business.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on the other side of the political spectrum, Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post published its endorsement of Trump, calling him “the clear choice for a better future<\/a><\/strong>.”<\/em> Which is peculiar considering that in 2022, the NYPost published a scathing rebuke of Trump with an emphasis on his abhorrent mishandling of the January 6th insurrection that he incited. That article<\/a> said in part that…<\/p>\n