Your headline states a bold position that I'm not certain is a good one. But I am certain that I disagree with the (emphatic) contention that an endorsement "does signal to readers that the newspaper has a bias, making it harder to get some readers to trust the paper’s news reporting."
Making a decision based on facts and an assessment of…
Your headline states a bold position that I'm not certain is a good one. But I am certain that I disagree with the (emphatic) contention that an endorsement "does signal to readers that the newspaper has a bias, making it harder to get some readers to trust the paper’s news reporting."
Making a decision based on facts and an assessment of risks does not necessarily amount to holding, much less signaling, a bias. I was a soldier and I am a lawyer. Some of my friends sacrificed their lives to fulfill their oaths to support and defend our Constitution. Many of us sacrificed our health. All of us sacrificed our happiness and big parts of our lives. Many people take their oaths seriously despite great cost or discomfort. So I've endorsed Harris and I oppose Trump because of what I've seen and heard Trump do (and try to do) to violate his oath and to cause others to violate their oaths to support and defend our Constitution. Trump chose to disqualify himself. The Fourteenth Amendment (Section 3) made that point emphatically.
Your headline states a bold position that I'm not certain is a good one. But I am certain that I disagree with the (emphatic) contention that an endorsement "does signal to readers that the newspaper has a bias, making it harder to get some readers to trust the paper’s news reporting."
Making a decision based on facts and an assessment of risks does not necessarily amount to holding, much less signaling, a bias. I was a soldier and I am a lawyer. Some of my friends sacrificed their lives to fulfill their oaths to support and defend our Constitution. Many of us sacrificed our health. All of us sacrificed our happiness and big parts of our lives. Many people take their oaths seriously despite great cost or discomfort. So I've endorsed Harris and I oppose Trump because of what I've seen and heard Trump do (and try to do) to violate his oath and to cause others to violate their oaths to support and defend our Constitution. Trump chose to disqualify himself. The Fourteenth Amendment (Section 3) made that point emphatically.