Liberals are incensed over the decision by the editorial boards of The Washington Post, The L.A. Times, and USA Today to not endorse Kamala Harris for president. The decisions have provoked endless reporting and commentary across the media, while editorial board members have resigned and hundreds of thousands of readers have canceled their subscriptions.
Defending the decision, Jeff Bezos, who owns the Washington Post, noted in an Oct. 28 op-ed that this year Gallup found that the journalistic profession “is now the least trusted of all.” Presidential endorsements, Bezos argues, “do nothing to tip the scales of an election” but rather “create a perception of bias.” Refraining from endorsing a presidential candidate is thus “a meaningful step in the right direction” to restore the integrity of corporate media in the eyes of the American media.
Yet for a profession with such a tarnished reputation, obvious bias, and even, dare I say, descent into corruption to ensure certain political outcomes, these decisions are more than just too little, too late. They are disingenuous and patently unserious. For corporate media to get serious about journalistic professionalism, they’d have to fire more than half their staff.
Endorsements Are Nothing But Window Dressing For Leftist Media
One would perhaps be able to place more stock in editorial boards allegedly taking the high road of professionalism if their publications weren’t so obviously biased in favor of the Democrat Party. To wit, the very same weekend WaPo declared they would not endorse a presidential candidate, they
