Will Paste BN endorse a presidential candidate? Ask Paste BN
In Paste BN's 33-year history, the paper has never endorsed a presidential candidate. Why? And have its strong editorials ever come close?
In his Ask Paste BN reply to this reader question, above, Editorial Page Editor Bill Sternberg explains the wall between the paper's news and opinion sections and how political endorsements can appear to erase the distance between the two. He also details the one time Paste BN's editorial board decided to disendorse a political candidate -- former KKK leader David Duke. But as the 2016 presidential race becomes less and less predictable, Paste BN's editorial board may decide to disendorse again. Sternberg explains why in his answers to this Ask Paste BN question.
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