Newspaper endorsements: U.S. Senate

Ah, the traditional conservative whining about newspaper endorsements. It's like clockwork each election It's so unfair! After all, we republicans have provided such a sterling track record of accomplishment! Our country has never been better! Maybe the fact that the editorial boards aren't endorsing most of the republicans is that the republicans aren't offering viable solutions to the problems facing us?

FFC, I've never known where you get your facts from. You actually contradict yourself right away by pointing out that the N&O endorsed McCrory. GASP! Is he a socialist too?

The N&O is owned by McClatchy. Hey, wait, you're right! These people who run the company do look like wild-eyed, long-haired, dope-smoking, free-love hippies who want everyone living in Soviet apartment blocks! True liberal socialists there!

The others are all owned by some form of media conglomerate - Landmark Communications, Paxton Media Group, Gannett, New York Times Company, Cox Enterprises, and the Wilson Times Co. None of those strike me as liberal, though I suppose that you'll jump on the NY TImes which owns the Wilmington Star-News. According to Wikipedia, the companies (NYTimes, Gannett, and McClatchy) that have reported revenues on Wikipedia earned over $14 billion last year. Like I said, socialists!

Of the smaller companies, you're not going to find socialists (or even commies!) either. Paxton has been criticized for having a conservative bias. I know nothing about the Wilson newspaper, but it's owned by a very small company in Wilson. Last time I checked, Wilson wasn't know as a hotbed of liberalism or socialism. It's just a town of people trying to get by (and some commuters to Raleigh).

Look, just admit it. Dole's a lousy senator. Admit it, move on, and try to find a decent republican to run next time. I'll give you a big tip: start with someone actually from North Carolina next time.

Remember that most newspapers are owned and run by lieberal socialist democrackkks...such is certainly the case in NC, except most HAVE endorsed
Pat McCrory for Gov! Sugar Dumplin must be crushed.

The last gasp of a dying industry on life-support ..... last op/ed dweeb to be laid off please endorse a Democrat as you turn out the lights.

Tick Tock .... Tick Tock .... Tick Tock ......

I may have been wrong.

I received a robocall concerning editorial boards. According to the robocall, all NC editorial boards have been eliminated through the various buyouts. All NC editorials are now being written by Governor Easley’s barber! Furthermore, it has been reported that McClatchy is negotiating to buy out the barber shop, lay off the barber and install some reporters disguised as barbers to “scoop” stories while cutting hair.

Be careful who cuts your hair! If these reporters cut hair like they write stories then we will all probably look like Donald Trump or James Taylor. This may be a violation of the “barber-client” confidentiality clause and has been referred to ACORN’s chief tonsorialist for clarification.

What is this world coming to? Is Edward ScissorHands taking over Under the Dome?

We've missed you, Gosh.

It's like he KNOWS what the Charlotte City Council feeds McCrory in his cage papered by newspapers in the tank... Dole droppings.

Top ten reason Conservatives are funny...

Number 1: I got nothing.

Top ten comments overheard during the U.S. Senate "endorsement conference: held by the editorial board:

10. Refresh my memory….to which country club does her husband belong?
9. Let’s endorse that medicine her husband endorses. Holy mackerel.
8. Is she with that political party that writes our editorials now?
7. Have you seen the new girl in accounting?
6. Do we have to endorse anybody? I was going to write an editorial about the leaves changing.
5. Who does the home office want us to endorse? I don’t want to be fired.
4. Which one is ACORN registering for?
3. Let’s copy what the N & O wrote. Those guys are never wrong.
2. Who would cast their vote based on what we write? We’re lucky to even have a job.

1. Let’s make a decision that will not upset any big bearded Palin supporters. Getting my tail kicked has not appealed to me since I started making this big newspaper money.

with all due respect, i dont think a competitive senate campaign will be won or loss based on the lack of stickers at the state fair.

I was at the fair yesterday (Friday, the 17th). The Dem's booth in the Education Building had no Hagan stickers. Plenty of Obama/Biden and Perdue stickers, though. I asked them about this, and they said that Ms. Hagan would be there today, and that she would hopefully bring some with her. The GOP had stickers for all their candidates. I even found Mike Munger stickers. I was amazed that the Dems were not better prepared to support of their top candidates in the state.

The part where Libby told you she was a bazthousand years old or the part where she told you she couldn't find her way back to your crappy Raleigh apartment from the DC poseur bar beside the plastic surgeon's office where you bought her a really old drink nobody alive still knows the name of?

And by the way, WHAT IS GRENADINE?

I don't endorse Hagan, but I wouldn't even swizzle Dole's olives with your toothpick.

Keep in mind that these decisions are made by the newspapers editorial boards, which are kept separate from the newsrooms. We political reporters don't have a say in them and don't consider them in our reporting.

— RTB 

Many of these same newspapers endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory, so there's that.

— RTB 

Independent speaking here so don't make assumptions....

How many media outlets actually endorse Republican candidates? This is beyond frustrating and unfair.

Completely unethical for media to endorse political candidates. So extremely frustrating.

Surprise, surprise, surprise.