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...PICTURE EDITOR: Michele Stephenson...
CORRESPONDENTS: John F. Stacks (Chief); Barrett Seaman, Jack E. White (Deputies) Washington Contributing Editor: Hugh Sidey National Political Correspondent: Laurence I. Barrett Diplomatic Correspondent: B. William Mader...
Voters who have had a hard time working up enthusiasm for either George Bush or Michael Dukakis have been learning from their local newspapers that they are not alone. Last week the trade weekly Editor & Publisher reported a surge, from 32% in 1984 to 55% this year, in the proportion of papers that had either decided not to endorse a candidate or remained undecided. Several that did endorse, including the New York Times and Dukakis' hometown Boston Globe, voiced uneasiness about both men. And in a striking setback for Dukakis, the liberal Washington Post, which had endorsed every Democratic candidate...
...campaign, a national disappointment," the Post faulted Bush for rhetoric that was "divisive, unworthy and unfair," but its pivotal objection was to what it saw as Dukakis' weak grasp of foreign policy. Other papers sounded almost ) regretful at having to choose either man. The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer editorial-page editor, Ed Williams, said his paper backed Dukakis "unenthusiastically," but pointed out that "voters do not enjoy the luxury of not endorsing." The Times decried a "no-issue campaign" in which George Bush has run "irrelevantly, like someone seeking to be Grand Inquisitor" and Michael Dukakis has run "mechanically, like...
...Mail's co-editor, Anton Harber, called the suspension an act of "narrow-mindedness and intolerance." The editors pledged to keep the staff busy by bringing out special issues under other titles, on such topics as human rights and censorship. While the Mail will lose money, the paper is expected to survive the closing...