Donald Trump weaponizes non-endorsements from The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times
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The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and USA Today may have declined to endorse any candidate in this year’s presidential election. But former president Donald Trump does not see it that way.
The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and USA Today may have declined to endorse a candidate in this year’s presidential election. But former President Donald Trump doesn’t see it that way. Speaking at a rally in North Carolina, Trump claimed that the papers’ non-endorsement is actually a stamp of approval for his campaign. “The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times, and all these papers. They’re not endorsing anybody. You know what they’re really saying - because they only endorse Democrats - they’re saying this Democrat’s no good. They’re no good. And they think I’m doing a great job. They just don’t want to say it,” he said. “Washington [Post] and USA Today, congratulations. I just heard USA Today has not endorsed. They said we’re not going to endorse. That means that they think she’s no good,” he added, referencing Vice President Kamala Harris. Leadership at all three major newspapers have tried to push the notion that their non-endorsements were meant to build back readers’ trust and address perceptions that the news media is biased, stating that they would prefer their journalists inform readers to make their own decisions. The Washington Post publisher Will Lewis wrote last week in his explanation of the non-endorsement that “this will be read in a range of ways, including as a tacit endorsement of one candidate, or as a condemnation of another, or as an abdication of responsibility. That is inevitable. We don’t see it that way.”
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