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[bydo]

The Washington Post has endorsed a candidate every election cycle since 1976, with the exception of 1988. The New York Times has endorsed a candidate in every presidential election since its founding in 1851.

[smeeger]

yes. its always been done and therefore is good! …?

[goostavos]

Just because it has always been done doesn't make it good.

It's surprising to me that a news organization not publishing an opinion piece is itself giant front page news

[nobodyandproud]

I definitely remember the 1990s differently.

They still had endorsements, but it just wasn’t spelled out that way.

Instead, just prominent opinions, hit pieces, etc.

[iwontberude]

I do remember the 1990s where it was typically local newspapers doing explicit endorsements and it was almost always limited to local candidates and issues.