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Flatlander
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I really don't understand why they would do such a thing - regardless of who specifically they're endorsing. News agencies should not be endorsing candidates. I'm curious, did they endorse Bush 4 years ago as well?
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PeachMonkey
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Flatlander said:
It's very traditional (at least in the states) for the Editorial/Opinion page of a newspaper to endorse candidates both in local and national elections.
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Our local papers do the same thing - even in local county primaries.. I agree it is inapropriate.Flatlander said:
Flatlander
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By remaining non-partisan, they may appeal to a broader audience. Bad business, if you ask me.
Shade Silverwing
Yellow Belt
In a twist of irony, Bush's hometown newpaper is endorsing Kerry.
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Flatlander said:
I don't really have a problem with newspapers having opinion and editorial pages.
Ideally, the opinion pages should have no bearing on the reporting side of the paper.
Phoenix44
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Um.....last I heard, Kerry was born in Aurora, Colorado, and lived in Boston, MA. So when did Lowell, MA become his "home town"?
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Phoenix44 said:
One might argue that Lowell is part of the greater Boston metropolitan area.
Moreover, Kerry spent time as a prosecutor in Lowell.
It's not unlike billing the Crawford paper as Bush's "hometown" paper, even though he was born in New Haven, CT, and grew up in Midland, Houston, and eastern Prep Schools.
