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Over 200 American outlets under USA Today parent company Gannett will not back candidates “in presidential or national races,” according to USA Today.

“None of the USA TODAY Network publications are endorsing in presidential or national races,” a spokesperson for USA Today, Lark-Marie Antón, said in an email to The Hill on Monday.

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[-] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 31 points 4 weeks ago

Why are we doing this? Because we believe America’s future is decided locally – one race at a time,” Antón continued. “And with more than 200 publications across the nation, our public service is to provide readers with the facts that matter and the trusted information they need to make informed decisions.”

Local elections are important, but I'm pretty sure that the one race that's going to have the biggest impact on America's future is the presidential race. You'd think think they'd have something to say on the topic if it was America's future they were thinking about rather than just their own.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 20 points 4 weeks ago

The statement basically says "we're corporate" and tries to pass the buck. They own publications in various places around the country, some of which are clearly MAGAt deep.

They don't want the parent company to get a barrage of angry psychos boycotting their local papers and affecting their bottom line, so they're forcing all of their entities to fall in line. Same shit as Bezos and the other BilBo Club asshats.

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