It would be interesting to know what affect, if any, an endorsement by a newspaper has on voters. I would think little to none.
Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX
Before the internet and 24/7 news coverage, when people relied upon the print media for a more indepth discussion that was not available on one minute snippets on local and national news broadcasts, it was "important" to sway voter opinion ... The struggle for print media to keep a share of the "market place" in advertising demonstrates the decline of its impact.
If the Houston Chronicle can't sell powdered laundry detergent in a "newly" designed box, it can't sell HillariousNoMore. Those who pick up the Chronicle for "information" are going to see the headlines and ignore the substance. If it gives them comfort in their superficial perusal of the opinions, then they will have someone or something to blame for their misguided decision ... when they find out their choice was a poor one.
"Locally" the rag has to carry the banner of the entrenched Republican regulars, who dominate Texas politics, although they have short term memory, because they have forgotten when Texas was dominated by the Democratic Party who became complacent and who took for granted that if one were a Democrat one would be elected.
Does this sound "familiar"?
"Any one of Trump's less-than-sterling qualities - his erratic temperament, his dodgy business practices, his racism, his Putin-like strongman inclinations and faux-populist demagoguery, his contempt for the rule of law, his ignorance - is enough to be disqualifying. His convention-speech comment, "I alone can fix it," should make every American shudder. He is, we believe, a danger to the Republic."
The "bright spot" is ... for the Nation .... The Chronicle, recently, as been picking losers, and not winners. This will be a first: Endorsing a Criminal.