What is a newspaper? It is what we are taught about in college, in high school and extra curricular journalism activities. I was taught that the news media are created to be a source of news, that you can trust, that is unbiased, that covers a wide array of material to attract the reader.
Why would a newspaper think of jeopardizing journalistic integrity by endorsing and siding with a candidate. It seems that the New Hampshire Union Leader failed its latest journalism course. The Union Leader is large and has a readership larger than any other paper in New Hampshire.
By endorsing a candidate you compromise the relationship between yourself and the reader that reads to find the news, and hear whats going on.
This is a disgrace that a trusted newspaper, and its editor Joe McQuaid would throw out all of its credibility to endorse a candidate.
On the Trail - '08: Union Leader supports John McCain
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