# I'm thinking of re-subscribing to my local Trump-backing newspaper

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**Created:** [December 23, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-re-subscribing-to-my-local-trump-backing-newspaper/956560 "2021-12-23T21:53:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-re-subscribing-to-my-local-trump-backing-newspaper/956560/21 "2021-12-24T23:20:40Z")

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> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#):
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> A 2020 Trump endorsement indicates a serious, serious lack of critical thinking. That election was awash with conservative publications that broke longstanding traditions to either endorse Biden or make a point of not endorsing Trump.

Agreed. Elsewhere on this site some of us have supported a man who is contemplating divorcing his Trump-loving wife. Cancelling a newspaper for the same reasons seems a lot less emotionally loaded decision.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-re-subscribing-to-my-local-trump-backing-newspaper/956560/22 "2021-12-25T01:19:18Z")

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I stop reading papers when their biases pervade the (alleged) news sections. Opinions, even obnoxious ones can be tolerated on the editorial/op-ed pages.

If and when the OP’s paper starts slanting school board and city council coverage or the obits\* in Trumpian fashion, that’s when to give it up.

“Mr. Snodgrass died due to angst over his country’s relentless slide into godless socialism.”

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-re-subscribing-to-my-local-trump-backing-newspaper/956560/23 "2021-12-25T06:55:53Z")

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And there is the reason I blame Trump. The man had been having issues with the paper since 2011, and many other entities as well. He always couched his threats in deniable ways. It wasn’t until he received the “Go ahead. Attaboy!” from Dear Leader that he went on his murderous rampage.

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