Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois now has 240 newspaper endorsements vs. 114 for Sen. John McCain, trade journal Editor & Publisher says. I'm now building a list of my own, with links to endorsement editorials; we've now got more than 40 of Gannett's 85 U.S. dailies:- Arizona Republic, McCain
- Asbury Park Press, N.J: Obama
- Burlington Free Press, Vermont: Obama
- Chillicothe Gazette, Ohio: McCain
- Cincinnati Enquirer: McCain
- Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss.: Obama
- Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.: Obama
- Courier News, Bridgewater, N.J.: Obama
- Courier-Post, Cherry Hill, N.J.: Obama
- Daily Times, Salisbury, Md.: Obama
- Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y.: Obama
- Des Moines Register: Obama
- Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Calif.: McCain
- Detroit Free Press: Obama
- Florida Today, Brevard: Obama
- Green Bay Press-Gazette, Wisconsin: McCain
- Greenville News, South Carolina: McCain
- Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J.: Obama
- Indianapolis Star: no endorsement
- Journal and Courier, Lafayette, Ind.: Obama
- Journal News, Westchester, N.Y.: Obama
- Lansing State Journal, Michigan: Obama
- Leaf-Chronicle, Clarksville, Tenn.: McCain
- Livingston County Daily Press & Argus, Michigan: Obama
- Montgomery Advertiser, Alabama: Obama
- News Journal, Wilmington, Del.: Obama
- News Journal, Mansfield, Ohio: Obama
- News Leader, Staunton, Va.: Obama
- News-Leader, Springfield, Mo.: no endorsement
- News-Press, Fort Myers, Fla.: no endorsement
- Palladium-Item in Richmond, Ind.: Obama
- Pensacola News Journal, Florida: Obama
- Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis.: no endorsement
- Poughkeepsie Journal, N.Y.: Obama
- Press-Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa: Obama
- Reno Gazette Journal, Nevada: Obama
- St. Cloud Times, Minnesota: Obama
- Statesman Journal, Salem, Ore.: Obama
- Stevens Point Journal, Wisconsin: Obama
- Tennessean, Nashville: Obama
- Town Talk, Alexandria, La.: McCain
- USA Today, McLean, Va.: no endorsement
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Appleton: No endorsement
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Cincinnati will endorse John McCain. If they don't, I will donate $10 to Gannett Blog.
ReplyDeleteTennessean goes Obama: http://tinyurl.com/3rstew
ReplyDeleteCitizen-Times, Asheville, NC:Obama
ReplyDeleteI just heard that Brevard is going with Obama on sunday. Geee, that's a shocker.
ReplyDelete12:58 pm: I gather Brevard usually goes for Republicans?
ReplyDeleteI will bet all remaining jobs at GCI that Greenville will endorse McCain. They endorse Dems only when they have to--during the Dem primary. Doesn't really matter if it's a decent candidate or not.
ReplyDeleteStatesman Journal, Salem, Oregon endorsed Obama.
ReplyDelete10:54 pm: You go a link on that? I've searched the paper's website, but can't find the editorial.
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ReplyDeleteWhy the crap would anyone care who Gannett thinks should be president? Newspapers and television should get out of the endorsement business and back into the news business. At my Gannett television station we're even promoting people sending in their own news. I guess the reporters and photogs will be the next to get the hatchet as the public uses our 'youtube-ish' site to report the news. What a great idea. I'm sure our news will be accurate and unbiased.
ReplyDeleteThe Desert Sun in Palm Springs goes with McCain: http://www.mydesert.com/article/20081026/OPINION01/810260308/1004/opinion
ReplyDelete:) I am 10/21 @10:27. Needless to say, all your jobs are safe because yes Greenville selected McCain. They would pick Satan himself as long as he was a Republican.
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Westchester back Obama.
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Mansfield (Ohio) News Journal endorsed Obama on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteI'm astonished that corporate didn't mandate who all of the papers in the organization had to endorse!
ReplyDeleteLansing goes for Obama.
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The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus in Howell, Michigan endorsed Obama. Livingston County, between Detroit and Lansing, is a very Republican County.
ReplyDeleteArgus Leader in Sioux Falls goes for McCain.
ReplyDeleteStaunton endorsed Obama. The paper is considered liberal by many in the community, but endorsed Bush in 2004.
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Iowa City goes Obama
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Salisbury DT goes Obama, in the deep red Eastern Shore of MD.
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Chillicothe Gazette endorsed McCain:
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The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.) endorsed Obama today.
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