Much is being made about the decision made by a handful of newspapers not to endorse a presidential candidate this year, most notably The Washington Post.
Post owner Jeff Bezos’ money-losing newspaper is now losing a chunk of its subscribers and staff, as well. His decision is either the first step on a very long road to regaining the public’s trust or another nail in the coffin of a once widely respected institution.
There is, of course, no shortage of opinions being floated about what this means. I’ve heard more than one pundit comment on this development by first making a qualifying statement that newspaper endorsements don’t matter, that nobody is going to base their vote for president on what The Washington Post or The Los Angeles Times says.
I beg to differ.
Endorsements may not matter as much as they used to, but in a closely divided country, they…
