The papers lean left?
Kerry’s picked up an awful lot of newspaper endorsements, but that’s no big deal — right? Because newspapers are all so liberal.
Despite having worked for two conservative-leaning newspapers and a conservative-leaning news magazine, I would have thought Ed Gillespie was right on that score. I would have thought wrong:
bq. Since 1940 when the industry trade magazine Editor & Publisher began tracking newspapers during presidential elections, only two Democratic candidates — Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Bill Clinton in 1992 — have ever won more endorsements than their Republican opponent. That’s because newspaper publishers, who usually sign off on endorsements, tend to vote Republican (like lots of senior, corporate executives), which means GOP candidates pick up more endorsements. [ from "_Salon_":http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/archive.html?blog=/politics/war_room/2004/10/26/newspapers/index.html ]
So 1) the endorsement tally does turn out to be a significant slap against Bush and 2) the RNC is once again caught making things up about the SCLM(So Called Liberal Media).
