Should newspapers endorse candidates?

[Benton]

(01-22-2020, 09:50 AM)Au165 Wrote: Bias = Doesn't agree with "My" thoughts on the subject.

We have lost the ability to look at topics critically and while taking a position understand and accept the flaws of the position and why others may see it differently. Empathy in general is gone and now it's about defending one's position as fiercely as possible with no real concern about the other side of the argument. This is politics today, but more so this is the over hyperbolic culture that requires everything to be the "Best ever" or the "Worst ever". Just read product reviews, they are a great example of this phenomenon and it's only getting worse.

As far as journalism, I don't disagree with the first line, but I do think the rest is off.

The majority of reporters I've worked with over two decades aren't concerned with exploding things. They're just doing their every day jobs. Sometimes those jobs blow up; sometimes they don't.