Newspaper Editorial Pages Endorse Candidates

With just days left in the historic 2008 election the editorial boards of papers around the country are choosing their presidential endorsements. The editorial board of a newspaper is separate from the news content side and expresses the opinion of the editorial board or the publisher. Paper endorsements are based on the stated policies of the candidates and how those policies track with the policies of that editorial board. In this video, four editorial page editors of major newspaper describe which issues they decided their endorsement on: taxes, energy, health care, immigration entitlements, foreign policy and hope. To date Senator Obama is outpacing Senator McCain 2 to 1 in newspaper endorsements. Quotes "It wasn't an easy decision, Judy, but we approached this recommendation by looking at five areas that the newspaper had historically weighed in on, issues like the economy, energy, tax policy, health care, immigration entitlements." - J.R. Labbe, Fort Worth Star Telegram: "We believe that McCain is simply superior in terms of judgment, experience on foreign policy and military affairs, and we still believe this is a dangerous world."

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