Kerry Scores Big on Newspaper Super Sunday

According to Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor & Publisher" industry magazine, Democratic candidate John Kerry made "huge gains" in endorsements from newspapers around the country, including 23 papers that supported Republican opponent George W. Bush. In all, that leaves Kerry ahead of Bush 85-68 endorsements according to Editor & Publisher, with circulations of 12.8 million to 8.5 million.

Bush kept ahold of Ohio's Columbus Dispatch, but Kerry has now won all major Florida newspapers including the taking of The Orlando Sentinel, which supported Bush in 2000. The Detroit News, always a Republican endorsers, is sitting out this election, as is the The New Orleans Times-Picayune. Other defectors for Kerry from the 2000 Bush camp include The Chicago Sun-Times and The Los Angeles Daily News. Even the Columbus Dispatch, while backing Bush, wrote that they were "less than enthused about the choices." Another loss for Kerry was The Denver Post, which supported Gore in 2000.

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