Is the Newspaper Endorsement Dying?

Murdoch Legal Fight • Liz Truss’s Rocky Start • End of Pelosi Era? [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Is the Newspaper Endorsement Dying? In 2016, newspaper editorial boards across the country, including some historically [conservative ones]( lined up behind Hillary Clinton—and we know how that turned out. Not only has the influence of candidate endorsements come into question in recent years, but also whether they [damage trust]( in the media. With [hedge fund]( Alden Global Capital ending the practice at around 200 papers it owns, Charlotte Klein [explores]( whether the newspaper endorsement is dying. Still, Klein also [pointed]( this week to the power of the press, catching up with Roger Sollenberger, the Daily Beast reporter behind a string of Herschel Walker bombshells, as Joe Pompeo [checked in]( with scrappy Australian news site Crikey in its battle against Lachlan Murdoch. In Washington, Abigail Tracy [took the pulse]( of Democrats regarding the possible end of the Nancy Pelosi era, while Isobel Thompson [reported]( from the UK on Liz Truss’s rocky start. Thanks for reading and we’ll be back in your inbox Monday. — Michael Calderone, editor [Image may contain: Human, Person, Text, Elizabeth Warren, Glasses, Accessories, Accessory, and Crowd]( [Is the Newspaper Endorsement Dying?]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [The second-largest newspaper publisher in the country will cease political endorsements, a time-honored practice other publications have shifted away from in recent years.]( [Read more button](   [Is the End of the Nancy Pelosi Era Near? The Jockeying to Succeed Her Is in Full Force]( By [Abigail Tracy]( [House Democrats don’t know how their top leadership ranks will shake out after the midterms. But there is a real appetite for “generational change.” Pelosi, though, is holding her cards close: “The Speaker is not on a shift. She’s on a mission,” her spokesperson tells Vanity Fair.]( [Read more button](   [“It’s Just Curiosity”: Meet the Reporter Behind the Herschel Walker Bombshells]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [The Daily Beast’s Roger Sollenberger, a former English teacher and relative newcomer to journalism, has been racking up scoops this cycle on the Georgia Republican Senate candidate—from Walker’s secret children to the allegation that he paid for a woman’s abortion.]( [Read more button](   [“I Think Lachlan’s Trying to Peter Thiel Crikey”: Inside a Scrappy Australian News Site’s War With the Murdochs]( By [Joe Pompeo]( [As the Murdoch family contends with billion-dollar defamation suits tied to the 2020 election, Lachlan Murdoch is taking Crikey to court over a critical Jan. 6–related opinion column. The site, says founder Stephen Mayne, has long “been holding the Murdoch empire to account.”]( [Read more button](   [Image may contain: Tie, Accessories, Accessory, Electrical Device, Microphone, Human, Person, Suit, Coat, and Clothing]( [The Liz Truss Era Begins With a Bungled Tax Plan That May Cost UK Conservatives]( By [Isobel Thompson]( [The prime minister abandoned her plan to cut taxes for high earners, but the economic and political fallout from her vision appears to be opening a door for the Labour Party to make inroads with voters.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe](newsletter=vf) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2022 Condé Nast