USA Today will not endorse a candidate in the coming week before the election, explaining it will let its readers make “informed decisions” on their own, APA reports citing Media Ite.
A representative for the publication confirmed the paper – the country’s fourth-largest by circulation – would join The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post in sitting on the sidelines. The Daily Beast reported:" A spokesperson for the paper told the Daily Beast on Monday that it will instead focus on providing “readers with the facts that matter and the trusted information they need to make informed decisions.”
That’s a stark difference from four years ago when USA Today broke with decades-old tradition to endorse Joe Biden for president. That endorsement claimed Donald Trump wasn’t a capable leader and that the U.S. was “dangerously off course.”
In October 2020, USA Today‘s editorial board cited then-President Donald Trump’s handling of the Covid pandemic, the economy, and his character as reasons for a rare endorsement of then-candidate Joe Biden.