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Monday, October 25, 2004

 NEWSPAPER ENDORSEMENTS FAVOR
 KERRY
 
Here is the latest newspaper endorsement tally courtesy of Greg Mitchell.
 
Note the trend that gives Kerry a rather startling 35 papers that have fled Bush, while the president has only picked up four papers that went for Gore in 2000.
Also, at least eight papers that supported Bush in 2000 have declared neutrality this year.
 
Kerry now leads Bush by 128 to 105 in total endorsements, and easily tops him in the circulation of the supporting papers by 16.9 million to 10.9 million .
 
Here is the updated chart, state by state, including each paper's most recent daily circulation total and an indication of who the paper backed in 2000, Bush or Gore (if we know it).
 
Allen L Roland

 
 
Daily Endorsement Tally: A Calm Day in the Wake of 'Super Sunday'


 
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000684275
By Greg Mitchell

Published: October 25, 2004 4:05 PM EDT
NEW YORK Today was the lull after the storm. On the day after "Super Sunday," when dozens of newspapers announced their picks for president, few editorials took a stand one way or the other. This gives us a chance to catch up on a few papers we missed over the weekend and in preceding days.

Today we add 16 names to our exclusive chart of editorial endorsements (see below), mainly smaller papers. President Bush picks up nine backers and Sen. John Kerry adds seven.

Kerry now leads Bush by 128 to 105 in total endorsements, and easily tops him in the circulation of the supporting papers by 16.9 million to 10.9 million.

Continuing a trend, one of Kerry's endorsees, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times in Texas, went for Bush in 2000. This gives the Democrat a rather startling 35 papers that have fled Bush, while the president has only picked up four papers that went for Gore in 2000. The Bush flip-flop total stood at two yesterday, but we have since found out that the Macomb Daily in Mount Clemens, Mich., and the Spartanburg Herald-Journal in South Carolina, both of which were already in our tally, are former Gore papers that now embrace the president.

Another paper that backed Bush in 2000, The Scranton Times in Pennsylvania, announced that its board was split 3-3 and it therefore would make no endorsement.
That means that at least eight papers that supported Bush in 2000 have declared neutrality this year.

Bush's pickups added to our list today are: the New Haven (Conn.) Register; the Erie (Pa.) Times-News; The Town Talk in Alexandria, La.; The News-Herald in Willoughby, Ohio; the Herald & Review in Decatur, Ill.; The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle; the Argus Observer in Ontario, Ore.; and The Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho.

The new additions for Kerry are: The Herald in Everett, Wash.; The Keene (N.H.) Sentinel; the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and Longview News-Journal in Texas; The Times in Munster, Ind.; and the Times Herald (Port Huron) and Traverse City Record-Eagle in Michigan.

Here is our updated chart, state by state, including each paper's most recent daily circulation total and an indication of who the paper backed in 2000, Bush or Gore (if we know it).

JOHN KERRY
128 newspapers total
16,898,024 daily circulation


ALABAMA
The Anniston Star (G): 26,527
The Decatur Daily (G): 23,641

ARIZONA
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) (G): 109,592

CALIFORNIA
San Francisco Chronicle (G): 501,135
The Sacramento Bee (G): 303,841
San Jose Mercury News (G): 279,539
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek) (B): 186,335
Daily News (Los Angeles) (B): 178,044
The Fresno Bee (G): 166,531
Ventura County Star (B): 93,664
The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa) (G): 89,384
The Modesto Bee (G): 87,366
The Oakland Tribune (B): 67,807
Santa Cruz Sentinel (B): 26,136
Merced Sun-Star: 17,247

COLORADO
Daily Camera (Boulder) (B): 33,419
Fort Collins Coloradoan (G): 28,415
Durango Herald (G): 8,621

CONNECTICUT
The Day (New London) (B): 39,553
The Stamford Advocate (B): 27,350

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Washington Post (G): 772,553

FLORIDA
St. Petersburg Times (G): 358,502
The Miami Herald (G): 325,032
Orlando Sentinel (B): 269,269
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale) (G): 268,927
The Palm Beach Post (G): 181,727
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (G): 121,272
Daytona Beach News-Journal (G): 112,945
Florida Today (Melbourne) (G): 90,877
Bradenton Herald (B): 52,163

GEORGIA
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 418,323
The Macon Telegraph: 65,871

HAWAII
The Honolulu Advertiser (G): 145,943

IDAHO
The Idaho Statesman (Boise) (B): 65,714

ILLINOIS
Chicago Sun-Times (B): 486,936
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) (B): 150,794
Rockford Register-Star (B): 65,685
Daily Southtown (Chicago) (G): 48,858

INDIANA
The Times (Munster): 86,474
The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne) (G): 61,205

IOWA
The Des Moines Register (G): 155,898
Quad City Times (Davenport) (B): 53,872
The Hawk Eye (Burlington) (G): 19,000
Iowa City Press-Citizen: 15,077

KANSAS
The Hutchinson News (G): 32,625

KENTUCKY
The Courier-Journal (Louisville) (G): 216,934
Lexington Herald-Leader (G): 122,748

LOUISIANA
The Times (Shreveport) (G): 66,614

MAINE
Portland Press Herald (G): 73,211
Bangor Daily News (B): 61,337
Kennebec Journal (Augusta): 14,845

MASSACHUSETTS
The Boston Globe (G): 452,109
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) (B): 103,586
The Republican (Springfield): 84,694
The Standard-Times (New Bedford): 35,299

MICHIGAN
Detroit Free Press (G): 354,581
The Flint Journal (B): 84,313
Lansing State Journal (G): 73,594
The Muskegon Chronicle (B): 46,505
Times Herald (Port Huron): 29,488
Traverse City Record-Eagle: 26,502
Battle Creek Enquirer: 24,831
The Argus-Press (Owosso): 11,438

MINNESOTA
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (G): 377,058
Duluth News Tribune: 45,688
The Free Press (Mankato): 21,591

MISSOURI
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (G): 281,198
The Kansas City Star (G): 269,188
Columbia Daily Tribune (B): 18,874

MONTANA
Billings Gazette (B): 47,849

NEVADA
Reno Gazette-Journal (G): 66,073
Las Vegas Sun (G): 34,407
Nevada Appeal (Carson City): 15,296

NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Telegraph (Nashua): 26,762
Concord Monitor (G): 19,984
The Keene Sentinel (G): 13,620
Portsmouth Herald (G): 13,551

NEW JERSEY
The Star-Ledger (Newark) (G): 407,945
The Record (Hackensack) (G): 171,251
The Times (Trenton) (G): 73,235

NEW MEXICO
The Santa Fe New Mexican (G): 25,308
The Albuquerque Tribune (B): 13,536

NEW YORK
The New York Times (G): 1,133,763
Newsday (Melville) (G): 580,346
The Buffalo News (G): 201,900
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (G): 169,697
The Journal-News (White Plains) (B): 142,145
The Post-Star (Glens Falls): 33,608
Star-Gazette (Elmira) (B): 28,826

NORTH CAROLINA
The Charlotte Observer (G): 231,369
The News & Observer (Raleigh) (G): 173,329
Asheville Citizen Times: 55,982
The Daily Reflector (Greenville): 25,777

NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks Herald (G): 32,385
The Bismarck Tribune: 27,111

OHIO
Dayton Daily News (G): 183,175
The Blade (Toledo) (G): 139,293
Akron Beacon Journal (G): 139,220

OREGON
The Oregonian (Portland) (B): 342,040
The Register-Guard (Eugene) (G): 72,411
Statesman Journal (Salem): 56,298
Mail Tribune (Medford): 35,524
East Oregonian (Pendleton): 10,236
The Daily Astorian (Astoria): 8,429

PENNSYLVANIA
The Philadelphia Inquirer (G): 387,692
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (G): 245,065
The Philadelphia Daily News (G): 139,983
The Morning Call (Allentown) (B): 131,110
Centre Daily Times (State College): 25,354

TENNESSEE
The Tennessean (Nashville) (G): 205,158
The Commercial-Appeal (Memphis) (B): 189,961
The Jackson Sun (G): 35,561

TEXAS
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (B): 60,537
Waco Tribune-Herald: 40,699
Longview News-Journal: 29,509
The Lufkin Daily News: 14,608

VIRGINIA
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) (G): 201,473
The Roanoke Times: 100,447
Daily Press (Newport News): 95,228

WASHINGTON
The Seattle Times (B): 237,303
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (G): 150,901
The Herald (Everett) (G): 50,998
Tri-City Herald (Kennewick) (B): 42,285
The Sun (Bremerton) (B): 30,731
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (B): 14,275

WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston Gazette (G): 49,529

WISCONSIN
The Journal Times (Racine) (G): 29,264
The Wausau Daily Herald (B): 22,757



GEORGE W. BUSH
105 newspapers total
10,903,849 daily circulation


ALABAMA
Birmigham News (B): 153,195
Mobile Register (B): 100,244
Huntsville Times: 55,951

ARIZONA
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) (B): 466,926

ARKANSAS
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock) (B): 187,601
Southwest Times Record (Fort Smith) (B): 37,636

CALIFORNIA
The San Diego Union-Tribune (B): 361,317
The Press-Enterprise (Riverside) (B): 191,802
Press-Telegram (Long Beach) (B): 96,466
The Bakersfield Californian (B): 71,495
The Record (Stockton) (B): 62,139
The Reporter (Vacaville) (B): 18,227

COLORADO
The Denver Post (G): 286,197
Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (B): 286,004
The Pueblo Chieftain: 52,208
Daily Times-Call (Longmont): 21,465
Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald: 17,548
Daily Record (Canon City): 8,164

CONNECTICUT
The Hartford Courant (B): 187,394
New Haven Register: 92,022
Connecticut Post (Bridgeport) (B): 76,133

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Washington Times (B): 100,228

FLORIDA
The Ledger (Lakeland) (B): 75,539
Ocala Star-Banner: 51,489

GEORGIA
Augusta Chronicle (B): 71,724
Savannah Morning News (B): 57,288

IDAHO
The Times-News (Twin Falls) (B): 23,012

ILLINOIS
Chicago Tribune (B): 578,843
Springfield State Journal-Register (B): 57,212
The Pantagraph (Bloomington) (B): 47,931
The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana): 39,190
Herald & Review (Decatur) (B): 35,233
Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale): 28,173
The Journal-Standard (Freeport): 13,693

INDIANA
The Indianapolis Star (B): 253,778
Evansville Courier & Press: 69,003

IOWA
The Gazette (Cedar Rapids) (B): 63,578
Sioux City Journal: 41,929
Globe-Gazette (Mason City): 18,947

KANSAS
The Wichita Eagle: 90,835

KENTUCKY
Daily News (Bowling Green) (B): 21,555

LOUISIANA
Alexandria Daily Town Talk: 36,321

MARYLAND
Easton Star Democrat: 16,667

MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Herald (B): 248,988
The Sun (Lowell) (B): 50,369

MICHIGAN
The Grand Rapids Press (B): 139,216
The Oakland Press (Pontiac): 65,484
The Macomb Daily (Mount Clemens) (G): 43,584
The Herald Palladium (St. Joseph): 23,423
Midland Daily News: 16,076

NEBRASKA
Omaha World-Herald (B): 197,627
Lincoln Journal Star (B): 75,679

NEVADA
Las Vegas Review-Journal (B): 170,061

NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Union Leader (Manchester) (B): 59,605
Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover): 22,995

NEW JERSEY
Asbury Park Press (Neptune) (B): 161,937

NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces Sun-News (B): 22,168
Farmington Daily Times (B): 18,144
Carlsbad Current-Argus (B): 8,030

NEW YORK
New York Post (B): 678,012
The New York Sun: 18,000

NORTH CAROLINA
The Enterprise-Record (Mocksville): 11,800

NORTH DAKOTA
The Forum (Fargo) (B): 52,238

OHIO
The Columbus Dispatch (B): 371,551
The Cincinnati Enquirer (B): 216,509
The Repository (Canton) (B): 66,014
The News-Herald (Lake County-Willoughby): 45,366
The Cincinnati Post (B): 40,618
The Times Reporter (New Philadelphia): 23,956
The Courier (Findlay) (B): 22,319
The Advocate (Newark): 22,217

OKLAHOMA
The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) (B): 223,403
Tulsa World (B): 139,383

OREGON
The News-Review (Roseburg): 19,272
Daily Courier (Grants Pass): 16,392
Argus Observer (Ontario): 7,367

PENNSYLVANIA
Erie Times-News (B): 60,771
The Express-Times (Easton): 50,439
York Daily Record (G): 46,554
Altoona Mirror (B): 32,339

SOUTH CAROLINA
Herald-Journal (Spartanburg) (G): 50,386

SOUTH DAKOTA
Argus Leader (Sioux Falls): 54,700

TENNESSEE
The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville): 22,057

TEXAS
Houston Chronicle (B): 549,300
The Dallas Morning News (B): 546,177
San Antonio Express-News (B): 252,889
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (B): 247,167
Austin American-Statesman (B): 184,907
El Paso Times: 74,278
Amarillo Globe-News (B): 51,105

UTAH
The Salt Lake Tribune: 135,730

VIRGINIA
Richmond Times-Dispatch (B): 191,732
The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg) (B): 47,866
News Advance (Lynchburg): 37,447
Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg): 32,202
Danville Register & Bee: 21,701

WASHINGTON
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane) (B): 100,760
The Columbian (Vancouver) (B): 51,498
The Chronicle (Centralia): 14,524

WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston Daily Mail (B): 34,539
The Parkersburg News: 23,558
The Intelligencer (Wheeling): 20,689
Bluefield Daily Telegraph: 19,877

WISCONSIN
Oshkosh Northwestern (B): 21,748
The Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls) (B): 6,804

Greg Mitchell (gmitchell@editorandpublisher.com) is editor of E&P. Additional reserach by Erin Olson.
 
 
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9:36:10 PM    comment []

COULD THE ELECTION BE RIGGED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ( AP ) ?

 

The Associated Press (AP) will be the sole source of raw vote totals for the major news broadcasters on Election Night ~ but how they receive that information is still a mystery. What is really interesting is that the AP board is heavily conservative with some obvious conflicts of interest.

Journalist Lynn Landes, Comprehensive News, tried to solve that mystery and files this blockbuster report .

Excerpt: " AP spokesmen Jack Stokes and John Jones refused to explain to this journalist how the AP will receive that information. They refused to confirm or deny that the AP will receive direct feed from voting machines and central vote tabulating computers across the country. But, circumstantial evidence suggests that is exactly what will happen.....But, can't the AP be trusted? Isn't it an objective non-partisan news organization? Some say no ~ the AP is batting for a Bush presidency.... One thing is clear. The air will be thick with distrust and doubt on Election Night 2004. " A must read !

It's on my weblog: http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/

Allen L Roland

 

Could the Associated Press (AP) Rig the Election?

Asks Journalist Lynn Landes
Friday October 22, 11:15 am ET

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041022/phf016_1.html?printer=1

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Associated Press (AP) will be the sole source of raw vote totals for the major news broadcasters on Election Night. However, AP spokesmen Jack Stokes and John Jones refused to explain to this journalist how the AP will receive that information. They refused to confirm or deny that the AP will receive direct feed from voting machines and central vote tabulating computers across the country. But, circumstantial evidence suggests that is exactly what will happen.

And what can be downloaded can also be uploaded. Computer experts say that signals can travel both to and from computerized voting machines through wireless technology, modems, and even simple electricity. Computer scientists have long warned that computer voting is an invitation to vote fraud and system failure. An examination of Diebold election software by several computer scientists, including Dr. Avi Rubin and his staff, proved that secret backdoors can be built into computer programs that allow votes to be easily manipulated without detection.

ES&S, the nation's largest voting machine company that will reportedly count 50% of all votes, describe on their webpage how "accessible" their results are, "At ES&S, we know election administrators and the public want fast and accurate election results. That is why we have developed several election management system software solutions to make the reporting process easier, more reliable, and more accessible." Diebold, the second largest voting machine company, advertises a similar service. Both ES&S and Diebold have close ties to the Republican Party.

But, can't the AP be trusted? Isn't it an objective non-partisan news organization? Some say no. The AP is batting for a Bush presidency.

In Online Journal, Stephen Crockett and Al Lawrence, the hosts of Democratic Talk Radio, wrote, "...the Associated Press ran a story that was widely published in newspapers and on the Internet, headlined "Bush Leads Kerry In Electoral Votes," that could have been written by the Bush campaign. The assignment of states to candidates, the headline and the conclusions were all simply wrong. The Associated Press should print a retraction and work to see that it is widely published."

And on WBAY-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin ran an AP article reporting that Bush has won the election, weeks before the election is to take place. The AP reported, "At this hour, President Bush has won re-election as president by a 47 percent to 43 percent margin in the popular vote nationwide. Ralph Nader has 1 percent of the vote nationwide. That's with 51 percent of the precincts reporting." According to reports, the AP is now saying the article was a "test article," a never-heard-before journalistic practice.

Who is the AP? The Associated Press was founded in 1848. It is a not- for-profit news cooperative, some would say "monopoly," that rakes in about $500 million dollars a year. The AP is owned by its 1,500 U.S. daily newspaper members. Their board of directors is elected by voting "bonds." However, it is not clear who controls the bonds. AP spokespeople would not give out information on who sits on their board, however AP leadership appears quite conservative.

Burl Osborne, chairman of the AP board of directors, is also publisher emeritus of the conservative The Dallas Morning News, a newspaper that endorsed George W. Bush in the last election. Kathleen Carroll, senior vice president and executive editor of AP, was a reporter at The Dallas Morning News before joining AP. Carroll is also on the Associated Press Managing Editors (APME)'s 7-member executive committee. The APME "works in partnership with AP to improve the wire service's performance," according to their website. APME vice president, Deanna Sands, is managing editor of the ultra conservative Omaha World Herald newspaper, whose parent company owns the largest voting machine company in the nation, Election Systems and Software (ES&S).

Many Americans believe that polling organizations and the broadcasters will raise the red flag on any election shenanigans. But others have their doubts.

The Collier brothers, authors of the book, VoteScam: The Stealing of Democracy, wrote about vote fraud and the role the news media and polls played. In 1970, Channel 7 in Miami projected with 100% accuracy (a virtual impossibility) the final vote totals on election day. When asked where they got their exit poll data, both Channel 3 & Channel 7 claimed that the League of Women Voters sent it in from the precincts. But, the League's local president tearfully denied it, say, "I don't want to get caught up in this thing." The broadcasters then told the Colliers that a private contractor used the data from a single voting machine to project the winners, but the contractor said he got the data from a University of Miami professor, who in turn denied this. In the end, the news broadcasters appeared to have got the polling numbers out of thin air.

One thing is clear. The air will be thick with distrust and doubt on Election Night 2004.  

 
 
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