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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't cancel.  Newspaper endorsements are totally worthless.  All they do is reflect the opinion of the writer and those around him/her, with no background to explain why those opinions should have any weight whatsoever.  They reflect partisan preferences with no pretense of objectivity or focus on the totality of the actual platforms involved.

Newspapers should be just that - sources of news, not of opinion by self-anointed arbitrators of favored public policies.  Tell the readers what each candidate says, what their personal histories are, what their platforms are, and stop there.  Readers don't need to be lectured to, or told who to vote for as if they are insufficiently discerning, intelligent, or mature enough to draw their own conclusions from the facts.  One person's opinion should be irrelevant to anyone else.  Newspaper opinions are the very definition of the logical fallacy of the appeal to authority.  [/quote]

I would hae supported the Post's decision if it was made based on these ethical reasons. If they made it a year ago or whatever. But the decision was NOT made (ten days before the election!) based on reporting ethics. Bezos' business associates had just met with Trump. The decision was made because they feared financial repercussions if Trump is elected. [/quote]

Ins't that essentially an endorsement of Trump? Cratering to the threats of a fascist is the same as rolling out the red carpet for fascism.  When you give the bully your lunch money, the bully wins.[/quote]

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