A pair of the largest newspapers in America broke tradition and endorsed Barack Obama today.
The Los Angeles Times, the fourth-largest newspaper in the country with a reported 2007 circulation of 773,884, broke a long-standing policy of not endorsing candidates by choosing Obama. The Chicago Tribune, the eighth-largest paper in the country with a reported 2007 circulation of 541,663, also endorsed Obama today
Both papers are owned by the traditionally conservative Tribune Co. The Times, which has a well-known Republican slant since its founding by the conservative Chandler family, made the Illinois Senator its first choice for endorsement since choosing Richard Nixon. The Times had run a series of editorials leading up to today that suggested it would endorse Obama.
The Chicago Tribune, which Obama noted in Wednesday's presidential debate as a "Republican-leading newspaper," broke its tradition of endorsing Republican candidates by choosing Obama.
"This endorsement makes some history for the Chicago Tribune. This is the first time the newspaper has endorsed the Democratic Party's nominee for president," the editorial stated.
The Times' and Tribune's endorsements of Obama coincide with recent endorsements from The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and The San Francisco Chronicle. As of today, Obama leads McCain in newspaper endorsements 51 to 16, according to editorandpublisher.com
Read the Times' endorsement here.
Read the Tribune's endorsement here.
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