FRIDAY Tally Of Newspaper Endorsements -- Obama In Landslide, at 240-114

[$tevie]

I haven't done one of these in a while and I do find them so very cheering:

FRIDAY Tally Of Newspaper Endorsements -- Obama In Landslide, at 240-114

NEW YORK (Updated Friday) We're in the homestretch! And the Obama-Biden ticket maintains its strong lead in the race for daily newspaper endorsements. The Democratic team now leads by 240 to 114, a better than 2-1 margin and an even wider spread in the circulation of those papers -- see full tally below as of today. The circulation of the Obama-backing papers stands at over 21 million, compared with McCain's 7 million.

Obama's lopsided margin, including most of the major papers that have decided so far, is in stark contrast to John Kerry barely edging George W. Bush in endorsements in 2004 by 213 to 205. Obama, with 231, has already easily topped Kerry's number with many more yet to be tallied.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/...1003875230

[cbelt3]

Wow ! This means that out of a possible electorate of, what, 110 million, dead tree media only serves 1/4 of them ?

Sad, really. The newspapers used to help make the 'kings'. Now, not so much.

[$tevie]

That's because the vote used to belong to people who read, which has gone out of style. Now any chucklehead can vote and many of them do with nothing more than talk radio shows to guide them.

[MacGurl]

This bit is interesting -

At least 50 papers have now switched to Obama from Bush in 2004, with just four flipping to McCain. In addition, several top papers that went for Bush in 2004 have now chosen not to endorse this year, the latest being the Indianapolis Star in key swing state Indiana.

The Chicago Tribune endorsed Obama--the first Democrat that it has backed in its long history. Three of the top five dailies in deep red state Texas switched from Bush to Obama this time.

Kathy

[$tevie]

It's the Palin factor. She made all but the most right wing shudder.

[deckeda]

$tevie wrote:
That's because the vote used to belong to people who read, which has gone out of style. Now any chucklehead can vote and many of them do with nothing more than talk radio shows to guide them.

She shoots, she scores!