“Real Time” host Invoice Maher took a swipe at newspapers that imagine their endorsement within the presidential race has any influence as uproar over The Washington Publish and The Los Angeles Occasions selecting to not endorse has dominated headlines.
“So I read in the paper today that The Washington Post and The LA Times for the first time ever [are] not endorsing a candidate in this race yet,” Maher started the dialogue.
“First of all, it’s charming they think it matters to anybody. It’s hysterical to me,” Maher later stated. “They think a newspaper editorial is going to change one mind, but in the past, it’s what we’ve done.”
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“Real Time” host Invoice Maher stated “it’s hysterical to me” that newspapers imagine their endorsements can affect voters. (Screenshot/HBO)
The HBO host then shared the “two different theories” he examine, one being “Gen Zers in the office” refuse to again Vice President Kamala Harris for not being progressive sufficient since “they’re all for Hamas,” and the opposite being how each papers are owned by billionaires and that they are those making the choice.
Whereas one visitor, Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, dismissed the notion that youthful staffers are “calling the shots” in what candidates the paper endorses or does not endorse, Maher’s different visitor, CNN commentator Van Jones, chided the papers, saying that is “probably not the election to sit out.”
“If this thing goes as badly as it might, in terms of a Trump victory, and then a year from now, two years from now, we’re living in a situation where all the things you just described are happening, I don’t think anybody’s gonna be proud of the fact that they ducked — had nothing to say, no opinion,” Jones stated.
The proprietor of The Los Angeles Occasions revealed his paper wouldn’t endorsing and candidate for president within the 2024 race. (AFP PHOTO/GABRIEL BOUYS)
Whereas Maher later agreed with Jones that paper endorsements matter on an area degree, he doubled down on his perception that it might sway him in federal races.
“I don’t want to make up my mind on a ballot by what the newspaper is telling me to do, because I don’t trust the newspaper. I don’t trust anybody,” Maher stated.
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The Washington Publish’s personal reporting alleges its billionaire proprietor Jeff Bezos was behind the choice to withhold an endorsement for Vice President Kamala Harris.
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LA Occasions proprietor Dr. Patrick Quickly-Shiong instructed his paper that it might not endorse any candidate within the presidential race, citing divisive occasions.
Days later, Washington Publish CEO and writer Will Lewis made his personal announcement, saying the “Democracy Dies in Darkness” paper would not endorse both and would return to its “roots” whereas striving to stay impartial.
Each papers sparked widespread condemnation from their liberal readers and have even led to resignations of prime editors over the selections.
