detroit free press election endorsements 2016

(based on editorial endorsements from the 2012 presidential race.*)Ĭurrent content of many of these newspapers can be found using LexisNexis Academic.

EST FebruThe contest for the Democratic presidential nomination may be all but over by the time Michigan voters get the chance to express their druthers in the open primary scheduled to take place a week from Tuesday. You can tell a lot about a news publication's political leanings from what they publish where they place the event (front page or buried on page 12) and which editorial columns they choose to run, among other criteria. Endorsement: Clinton is Michigan Democrats' best choice The Detroit Free Press Editorial Board 12:02 a.m. This review of property, tax, and court records determined that 36 of the 63 filed candidates faced financial difficulties in their past. Labels such as 'liberal' and 'conservative' are subjective, but newspapers and news magazines have a choice in both how they report events and where they position them, signaling to readers the relative importance of a particular event in the news cycle. On October 25, 2016, the Detroit Free Press published the results of a comprehensive review of public records for 2016 school board candidates in Detroit.

Detroit free press election endorsements 2016