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Newspaper non-endorsements at Washington Post, LA Times fit a trend, but their readers aren't happy

Oct. 29, 2024 15:11 PM EDT

The number of newspapers endorsing a candidate for president has dwindled with the industry's financial troubles the past two decades, in part because owners reason that it makes no sense to alienate some subscribers by taking a clear stand in a politically polarizing time. Yet in...

Owner Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post's decision not to endorse as the right, 'principled' one

Oct. 28, 2024 22:10 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Monday defended the newspaper's decision not to endorse a presidential candidate as “right” and “principled” and pushed back against any notion that he ordered it up to protect his business interests. That...

To fight misinfo, news outlets are putting plans in place to combat false election night stories

Oct. 25, 2024 00:13 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — As news outlets get ready for election night, they're not only focusing on what happens. They're keeping watch over what doesn't. Several plans to combat misinformation are in place across newsrooms that will follow the climax of a hard-fought campaign on Nov. 5....

By moving to podcasts, Harris and Trump are turning away from legacy media to spread their messages

Oct. 24, 2024 16:49 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Among the legacy news outlets that have come up empty in their efforts to interview Kamala Harris and Donald Trump during the general election campaign: NPR, The New York Times, PBS and The Washington Post. Yet Harris chose to meet with Alex Cooper for her “Call...

News organizations seek unsealing of plea deal with 9/11 defendants

Sep. 06, 2024 19:13 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven news organizations filed a legal motion Friday asking the U.S. military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to make public the plea agreement that prosecutors struck with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two fellow defendants. The plea...

Trump campaign was warned not to take photos at Arlington before altercation, defense official says

Aug. 28, 2024 21:17 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's campaign was warned about not taking photographs before an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony earlier this week to honor service members killed in the Afghanistan War withdrawal, a defense official told The Associated Press...