I just went to their webpage and they have pros 'n cons for Tuesday but no editorial endorsements or candidate picks. Am I missing something? That used to be one of my favorite parts of election day.
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Does LA Weekly do endorsements anymore or what?
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You are right, strangely, they have chosen so far to remain silent, which for them is the exception, and not the rule.
Perhaps they will not endorse anyone until the actual presidential election.
I would say don't hold your breath for any future endorsements.
According to Nation contributor Jon Weiner,
"With the New Times takeover, the Weekly has stopped endorsing candidates. "That's huge," Roderick said. Endorsements had been a central focus since the paper's founding. An astounding editorial effort went into interviewing candidates, and the paper devoted a whopping 7,500 words to endorsements in the June 2006 primary. Those endorsements provided a crucial counterweight to the more centrist LA Times editorial page picks. The Weekly's endorsements expressed the editors' belief that the paper was an important political and journalistic institution with a responsibility to readers and to the broader community interest. The mentality of Lacey & Co. seems to be exactly the opposite: The paper exists to make money and has no moral or political commitment to Los Angeles. "