With the election looming, major newspapers have begun endorsing candidates. But the Wisconsin State Journal and the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel have yet to say anything.
The State Journal has yet to make a decision, but the Journal Sentinel will not choose a candidate this year.
“When I was appointed editorial page editor nearly two years ago, I pledged that our pages would be ‘fiercely independent’ and that we would ‘offer a marketplace of ideas,”’ writes Editorial Page Editor David D. Haynes. “That’s what we have tried to do. And that’s why we have decided that the editorial board should get out of the political endorsement business. We will analyze key races this fall, but we will not make recommendations.”
Both newspapers endorsed Barack Obama in 2008.
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