Is the Newspaper Endorsement Dying?

The Hartford Courant and Boston Herald had a similar message for readers on Friday morning, as publications owned by Alden Global Capital—the second-largest newspaper publisher in the country—began adopting a new endorsement policy. “Herald stands for the people, not pols,” read the headline of the Herald’s editorial, which went on to announce that the paper would stop endorsing candidates in presidential, gubernatorial and Senate races, instead focusing its efforts on “more local contests, such as city councils, school boards, local initiatives, referendums and other such matters, which readers have told us continue to be of great value in their daily… Read Full Article