Two of the US’s biggest newspapers have refused to endorse a presidential candidate. This is how democracy dies
- Written by Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
In February 2017, as Donald Trump took office, The Washington Post adopted the first slogan in its 140-year history: Democracy Dies in Darkness.
How ironic, then, that it should now be helping to extinguish the flame of American democracy by refusing to endorse a candidate for the forthcoming presidential election.
This decision, and a similar one...





