Newspaper/Magazine Endorsements Megathread

[GeorgiaModerate]

Houston Chronicle endorses Clinton: http://www.chron.com/opinion/recommendations/article/For-Hillary-Clinton-8650345.php

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San Francisco Chronicle endorses Clinton: http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Chronicle-recommends-Hillary-Clinton-for-9123797.php

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Just for reference, this is how the top 100 (circulation) papers endorsed in 2012

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/2012_newspaper_endorsements.php

The Houston Chronicle is the first switcher as it endorsed Romney in 2012

The NY Daily News beat them to it.  They endorsed Clinton on July 28, and Romney in 2012.

[GeorgiaModerate]

I'm not sure if this should go here, since it's not really a newspaper, but Wired magazine has endorsed Clinton.  They haven't made an endorsement in previous elections.

http://www.wired.com/2016/08/wired-endorses-hillary-clinton

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Richmond Times-Dispatch endorses GARY JOHNSON !!!11!!!1!1

http://www.richmond.com/opinion/our-opinion/article_b79cc2b6-8ed5-532c-92eb-4a37e779c433.html

That is a normally a Republican newspaper

Johnson may get more newspaper endorsements than Trump does.

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Berkshire (Mass.) Eagle endorses Clinton.  They endorsed Obama in 2012.

http://www.berkshireeagle.com/editorials/ci_30325048/our-opinion-hillary-clinton-is-clear-choice-us

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The Dallas Morning News, which has endorsed the Republican candidate every year since 1964, non-endorses Trump: http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20160906-donald-trump-is-no-republican.ece.  

"Donald Trump is not qualified to serve as president and does not deserve your vote."

ETA: The Morning News has now gone a step further and explicitly endorsed Clinton: http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20160907-we-recommend-hillary-clinton-for-u.s.-president.ece

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The Winston-Salem Journal endorses... Gary Johnson!

http://www.journalnow.com/opinion/editorials/decision-gary-johnson-for-president/article_7351cdb6-327e-5cf0-b0d2-9bff7ab6d874.html

In 2008, they endorsed McCain. In 2012, the paper endorsed Obama.

Likely: Johnson ends up with more endorsements than Trump.

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hasn't the Post endorsed Trump?

They endorsed him in the primary, but they haven't made a general election endorsement yet.

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Per the NY Times, the Manchester (NH) Union Leader will endorse Gary Johnson.  They've endorsed Republicans for at least the last century.  The Times story is at http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/15/us/politics/gary-johnson-union-leader-endorsement.html, but I don't see it on the Union Leader website yet. 

I believe this makes the current total:

Clinton - 5
Johnson - 3
None - 1
Trump - 0

[GeorgiaModerate]

Proof that there's bias in the dinosaur media.

I don't get your point.  Don't all newspaper endorsements reflect the political biases of their editorial boards?

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Proof that there's bias in the dinosaur media.

I don't get your point.  Don't all newspaper endorsements reflect the political biases of their editorial boards?

Almost all have a bias and that's a liberal bias. 

Are you serious?  The Union Leader has been a bastion of conservatism for decades. 

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Proof that there's bias in the dinosaur media.

I don't get your point.  Don't all newspaper endorsements reflect the political biases of their editorial boards?

Almost all have a bias and that's a liberal bias. 

Are you serious?  The Union Leader has been a bastion of conservatism for decades. 

One out of how many?

Well, let's see.  Out of the 10 papers mentioned so far in this thread, 6 endorsed Romney in 2012; they've broken 3 for Clinton (including the Dallas Morning News, which hadn't endorsed a Democrat since 1944), 2 for Johnson, and 1 (the Tulsa World) for "None of the Above".  Three others endorsed Obama in 2012; they've gone 2 for Clinton and 1 for Johnson.  I don't find a previous endorsement for the Caledonian-Record, which was just mentioned upthread.

It seems rather unlikely that so many Republican-friendly newspapers would suddenly change their political leanings, doesn't it?

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The MN Star Tribune endorses Trump (after endorsing Gore, Kerry and Obama twice):

http://www.startribune.com/the-case-for-trump/393785771

No, they don't. Did you actually read it?  That's not an editorial board endorsement; it's an opinion piece by one columnist -- who even states within it that he's not sure who he'll vote for (or even if he'll vote). He's just expressing what he sees as elements of Trump's appeal that might get the writer's vote.

First sentence: "As of today, I have not decided whether I can, in good conscience, vote for a presidential candidate this November."

Later in the article: "But can I vote for Trump? I am not sure, but let me give you the case for “yes” that has some appeal for me."

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Am I the only one who thinks newspaper endorsements is a bad idea?

Why do you think they're a bad idea?

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Canton Repository with a Non-endorsement for both:
Editorial: Neither Clinton nor Trump has earned our endorsement

http://www.cantonrep.com/opinion/20160918/editorial-neither-clinton-nor-trump-has-earned-our-endorsement

That makes the running total:

Clinton 5
Johnson 4
None 2
Trump 0

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The Repository's endorsement history has been mixed.  Like this year, they endorsed neither candidate in 2012, and in that endorsement said "Since 1980, when The Repository became a politically independent newspaper, the editorial board has endorsed three Republicans and two Democrats for president."  I was able to find some of them online, and the history is:

2012 - None
2008 - Obama
2004 - Bush
2000 - Bush (presumably, based on the 3R, 2D listed above)
1996 - Clinton
1992 - Clinton (http://www.cantonrep.com/x7658287/-You-could-feel-the-earth-tremble-A-brief-history-of-Rep-endorsements noted that it was the first Democratic endorsement in its 177-year existence)
1988 & prior - Republican candidate

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Not shocking, but:

Los Angeles Times: Hillary Clinton would make a sober, smart and pragmatic president. Donald Trump would be a catastrophe.

Total to date:

Clinton 6
Johnson 4
None 2
Trump 0

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Any evidence that newspaper endorsements affect voting? Any evidence that anyone reads them, apart from political obsessives?

The general opinion on this is mixed.  The only formal study I've seen is somewhat old (https://news.brown.edu/articles/2008/10/endorsement) which concludes that there is a small effect.  IMO if there's any effect, it's at the margins -- which would be significant only in a close election or one with a high number of undecideds.

I think one of the biggest effects is likely to be one mentioned in the Brown study, which is "unexpected" endorsements.  It surprises exactly nobody if the NY Times endorses Clinton.  But when solidly Republican papers like the Union Leader or the Dallas Morning News endorse her, that might cause some of their readers to think more seriously about voting for her.  And if they were on the fence, it might tip some votes to her.

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Clinton 7
Johnson 4
None 2
Trump 0

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The MN Star Tribune endorses Trump (after endorsing Gore, Kerry and Obama twice):

http://www.startribune.com/the-case-for-trump/393785771

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat

Not an editorial board endorsement; the OP is misleading.  It's just an opinion piece by one writer.  First sentence:

"As of today, I have not decided whether I can, in good conscience, vote for a presidential candidate this November."

And later:

"But can I vote for Trump? I am not sure, but let me give you the case for “yes” that has some appeal for me."

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New York Times endorses Clinton

Clinton 8
Johnson 4
None 2
Trump 0

I'll keep posting these running totals unless there's some objection to doing so; I'm interested in it and figured others may be too.

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It looks like the Press Herald didn't endorse in 2012 (http://munjoyhillnews.bangordailynews.com/2012/10/12/uncategorized/portland-press-herald-not-to-endorse-political-candidates-this-fall-new-policy-in-place/). 

The current running total is:

Clinton 9
Johnson 4
None 2
Trump 0

Broken down by 2012 endorsement:

Clinton 9 (Obama 4, Romney 4, None 1)
Johnson 4 (Obama 1, Romney 2, Unknown 1)
None 2 (Romney 1, None 1)
Trump 0

[GeorgiaModerate]

Did the Wall street Journal or any other big conservative paper made endorsements yet?

NH Union Leader, long a conservative bastion, endorsed Johnson.  The Dallas Morning News, another staunch Republican paper, endorsed Clinton.

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So, for the moment it is

Clinton 12
Johnson 4
None 2
Trump 0

Broken down by 2012 endorsement:

Clinton 12 (Obama 6, Romney 5, None 1)
Johnson 4 (Obama 1, Romney 2, Unknown 1)
None 2 (Romney 1, None 1)
Trump 0

That's off by one from my list (I have 1 fewer Clinton/Obama), which is below.  Do you have one not on this list?

Akron Beacon-Journal   Clinton   Obama   24-Sep
Arizona Republic   Clinton   Romney   27-Sep
Berkshire (MA) Eagle   Clinton   Obama   3-Sep
Caledonian-Record (St Johnsbury VT)   Johnson   Unknown   9-Aug
Canton (OH) Repository   None   None   18-Sep
Cincinnati Enquirer   Clinton   Romney   23-Sep
Dallas Morning News   Clinton   Romney   6-Sep
Houston Chronicle   Clinton   Romney   29-Jul
Los Angeles Times   Clinton   Obama   23-Sep
New York Daily News   Clinton   Romney   28-Jul
New York Times   Clinton   Obama   24-Sep
Portland (ME) Press Herald   Clinton   None   25-Sep
Richmond Time-Dispatch   Johnson   Romney   3-Sep
San Francisco Chronicle   Clinton   Obama   5-Aug
Tulsa World   None   Romney   8-Aug
Union Leader (Manchester NH)   Johnson   Romney   15-Sep
Winston-Salem Journal   Johnson   Obama   11-Sep