Democracy dies on oligarchs' desks
4 November, 2024
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"The Washington Post" broke a long tradition and did not endorse any of the candidates in the US presidential election. The reaction of readers has been brutal: in a few days the newspaper lost a quarter of a million subscriptions. However, an endorsement (or lack thereof) from a newspaper even with such a powerful authority is unlikely to affect the outcome of the election. The problem lies elsewhere: who actually made this decision and for what reason.
