Another Major Newspaper Publication Will Not Make Presidential Endorsement

USA TODAY is the latest newspaper publication to announce it will not endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election.

The newspaper, one of the largest publications in the United States, joins the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post in not endorsing a candidate.

“While USA TODAY will not endorse for president, local editors at publications across the USA TODAY Network have the discretion to endorse at a state or local level,” USA Today spokesperson Lark-Marie Antón told Fox News Digital.

“Why are we doing this? Because we believe America’s future is decided locally – one race at a time. And with more than 200 publications across the nation, our public service is to provide readers with the facts that matter and the trusted information they need to make informed decisions,” the spokesperson added, according to Fox News.

USA Today has joined The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times in not endorsing a presidential candidate this election.https://t.co/oryparIu81

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 28, 2024

Per Fox News:

Notably, USA Today previously offered its first-ever endorsement to President Biden in the 2020 presidential election and sided with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016, although stopping short of making an official endorsement in opposition to former President Trump.

This comes just days after both The LA Times and The Washington Post announced it would refrain from offering an endorsement ahead of Election Day.

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LA Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong told his paper that it would not endorse any candidate in the presidential race, citing divisive times.

Days later, Washington Post CEO and publisher Will Lewis made his own announcement, saying the “Democracy Dies in Darkness” paper wouldn’t endorse either and would return to its “roots” while striving to remain independent.

Both papers sparked widespread condemnation from their liberal readers and have even led to resignations of top editors over the decisions.

According to Daily Beast, USA TODAY is the nation’s fourth largest newspaper.

Holy smokes, it’s an epidemic.

First it was the Teamsters, then the Firefighters union.

Then the LA Times, Washington Post, and now USA Today.

ALL NOT ENDORSING KAMALA HARRIS. https://t.co/TZlfQO9wRG

— Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) October 28, 2024

Daily Beast reports:

A spokesperson for the paper told the Daily Beast on Monday that it will instead focus on providing “readers with the facts that matter and the trusted information they need to make informed decisions.”

That’s a stark difference from four years ago when USA Today broke with decades-old tradition to endorse Joe Biden for president. That endorsement claimed Donald Trump wasn’t a capable leader and that the U.S. was “dangerously off course.”

USA Today’s editorial board wrote that it decided to endorse back then—for the first time since 1982—because the 2020 election was was an “extraordinary moment” in history that required an “extraordinary response” from the paper.

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