Dallas Morning News endorsed Greg Abbott

[Horse with no Name]

I just called them and canceled my subscription. I told them why.
They said “we offer all of these things that aren’t political” and I told them the Fort Worth Star Telegram does as well and they don’t support Abbott.
I recommended that they reach out to their conservative audience for support.
The only voice I have is my vote and my dollar. I try to use them both to my advantage.

[PortTack]

1. Kudos to you! If everyone did what you did..it would definitely make a difference

[MLAA]

2. Good for you! Hope other Dallas area dems are as smart as you are.

[Stuart G]

3. K & R

[SoCalDavidS]

4. Good Job! nt

[LymphocyteLover]

5. I would have done the same thing: refuse to give money to a paper that supports such an awful man

[Bo Zarts]

6. When I lived in Dallas, I called that paper the DaMN.

Maybe I heard that from Molly Ivins, I dunno. But damn! Just damn!

[jimfields33]

7. Newspapers are so last century. It's time you got rid of it.

I’m glad you decided to cancel. All that information is old anyway by the time you get it.

[agingdem]

39. many decades ago (pre-internet) a newspaper endorsement was a big deal..

not anymore..with the advent of the internet, we no longer rely on day-old news and local opinion...I get my news and information from DU, podcasts, less so MSNBC (same hosts/same rotating guests commenting on the same Trump outrage of the day)..

[calimary]

8. Best thing you did was to let them know.

The absolute BEST thing! SMART!!!

You underscored your main message for the patriotically-impaired.

Thank you from here in the Pacific Northwest!

[Vinca]

9. Apparently, the Dallas Morning News doesn't require electricity in a snowstorm to print.

[SunSeeker]

19. LOL

[Horse with no Name]

21. Right?

Never mind tripping over the dead kids and people that froze to death when the grid failed

[ananda]

10. Good for you!

That really sucks.

We're having trouble with our ground game here in Austin.

I just met two women (on my morning walk) who want to
carpool people to the polls, but none of the campaign
orgs have gotten back to them, not Beto's, not Travis County.

That sucks too.

[Evolve Dammit]

11. Good job telling them why. Gotta.

[Mad_Machine76]

12. What was their reasoning?

[Horse with no Name]

20. They feel that despite the shortcomings

He has brought growth to the state…

[KPN]

31. Of course. Growth equals $ which is

> everything else. No exceptions!

[Conjuay]

35. ...and

cancer is a growth as well.

[Mad_Machine76]

37. Wow

Despite mishandling and not addressing the power grid, siccing vigilantes and CPS on pregnant people and Trans kids and their parents?! Flooding Texas with loose guns?! "Shortcomings?"

[NJCher]

13. JMHO

Dallas Morning News:

You:

[barbtries]

14. did they say why?

eg, "We also hate women and migrants." "We are fully supportive of a permanent minority rule run by old white men." "We hate democracy and love fascism and strong men."

[Horse with no Name]

22. I know! It's crazy that people are so narrow minded

Despite killing folks or actively allowing others to, we made money while he was Governor. Can we have some more?

[StarryNite]

15. Thank you.

And the most important thing is that you told them why you were cancelling.

[Traildogbob]

16. Good for you

As I always talk about here in Meadows Cawthorn country I stay in the woods playing with my dogs to stay away from ass holery.
But I needed to replace my mail box just now. So instead of going to Corporate Lowes, thought I would help a local hardware business. A pretty good size store that Carry’s most anything ya need. And Lowes gives all vets a 10 percent on everything for vets.
Grabbed the box and stuck on numbers and went to check out. Asked about vets discount, got a pretty stern NO. As it was being rung up, there were two employees behind the counter and U heard one of em say something about do a “Pelosi”. The other was holding a Hammer. Big Jesus area and White paradise. I told the cashier and others, Fuck you bloated traitorous trump ass leaches. Can’t believe I ever served this shit hole country for ignorant pricks like you all.
Walked out, sure they could care less. Really starting to hate this God Damned country.
End rant, getting the dogs and stomping up the mountains behind my house to relieve some hate.
Fuck all GQP.

[SlimJimmy]

26. I am a sole proprietor, but I still give all vets a 10% discount.

[Traildogbob]

33. Thank you

But the 10 percent I did not mind. Would give it up for local business. But the Pelosi Hammer crap makes me sick of these people. All proudly in church on Sunday.

[SlimJimmy]

36. No doubt. Christians don't really seem like Christians sometimes.

All proudly in church on Sunday.

[markodochartaigh]

17. In the old days

Dallas had The Morning News and the afternoon Times Herald. President Kennedy told a Times Herald reporter that he thought that people were glad when the afternoon came.

I agree with you on not giving my dollars to a company which is supporting the party that is actively trying to end democracy in the US, I really don't care if they have the best recipe for chili on page 47.

[NoMoreRepugs]

18. Bird cage liner.

[yardwork]

23. Good for you!

[Ninga]

24. I cancelled The Cleveland Plain Dealer a few months ago

because they don’t even try to hide their right slanted editorial content. This week, they endorsed R-DeWine.
Criminal.
Good for you!

[SlimJimmy]

25. I was under the impression that Dallas was a fairly progressive city.

[maxsolomon]

29. The owner controls political endorsements.

Hence, the Seattle Times will regularly endorse Repukes in a city that voted >80% for Biden.

Because the owner, Frank Blethen, is a rich conservative asshole.

[SlimJimmy]

30. Okay, thanks.

Got it.

[SouthBayDem]

45. Dallas elected a Republican mayor in 2007

Not as progressive as easily thought.

[SlimJimmy]

46. Well, I live in Georgia, so it's just what I heard, not what I know.

[Warpy]

27. Thanks for telling them why you dumped them

They need to know this stuff.

Likely the Ft. Worth paper is getting similar cancellations citing their endorsement of Beto O'Rourke.

[iluvtennis]

28. Bravo - our consumers dollars matter! n/t

[LudwigPastorius]

32. The Morning Spews is going to go belly up soon anyway.

How many quarters has Dallas News Corp reported a loss now? 6...8...?

The stock is trading at 1/10th of what it was 8 years ago.

Moves like endorsing that shitheel Abbott are only going to hasten its demise.

[littlemissmartypants]

34. I love this, especially...

I recommended that they reach out to their conservative audience for support.

❤️

[DFW]

38. Ft. Worth endorses Beto and Dallas endorses Abbott

Down is up and up is down.

[Marthe48]

40. I canceled the local paper when they supported bush the 2nd time

The Marietta Times has people handing out free papers once in awhile, and after I had canceled, one of them offered me a paper. I said no. He said "It's free." I said "The paper endorsed bush for a 2nd term." He said, "You have to support somebody." I said, "I won't read that paper again." And I haven't. I can get obits from another source.

That any newspaper would endorse any rw, especially one as cruel as abbott is, isn't worth the paper it is printed on or the broadband it uses.

[Heather MC]

41. "The only voice I have is my Vote and My Dollar"

And You Your Voice!
Bravo.
I'm a firm believer in protecting my pennies.
And I do my best not to put them in the hands of monsters

[Initech]

42. Why? He's one of the worst governors in the country.

[TeamProg]

43. K&R

to you!

[republianmushroom]

44. LIKE IT

[argyl]

47. I cancelled my subscription to the Dallas Morning News back in 2000

They wrote an opinion piece about how the Supreme Court's decision to halt the Florida recount, making Gee Dubya president, was the right thing to do.
I was on the phone cancelling my subscription within the hour.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

48. Fort Worth and Denton are way cooler than Dallas anyway.

[argyl]

52. Especially Denton.

[Abolishinist]

49. Even AFTER they said the following...

"This is not an unreserved recommendation. The Republican Party of Texas that Abbott leads has become a deeply troubled organization where conspiracy theories, election denial and blind partisanship have taken root. Many of its leaders have no intention of governing broadly, but rather holding onto a narrow majority as a path to power.

Abbott is not untouched by this, though he has not wholly embraced the aggressively partisan rhetoric that defines other top elected Republican officials in Texas. He has, however, changed in his years in office and has been pulled from the pro-business moderate he once was into a far more strident leader. He has become more insular, meeting less often with a broad group of business leaders, for example, who could offer him insights that would be valuable to maintaining our growth and prosperity.

If he continues down the road he’s on and follows the worst elements of his party, it will be dangerous for the state. Business leaders across the country are looking at how Abbott and Texas Republicans have led on abortion and guns, and some are taking pause.

A majority of Texans do not agree with the near absolute ban on abortion that Abbott has supported."

[The Grand Illuminist]

50. It'll take a lot more than that.

The damage was done.

[czarjak]

51. Deep roots run deep.

[Mr.Mystery]

53. His non-action to force energy companies to winterize KILLED 700 Texans.

A 2011 report spelled out what needed to be done, but Repukes like Abbott just dropped it in the trash.

The 2021 cold snap and power outage for five days killed some 700 people including those who died from CO inhalation.

But, boy howdy, did the companies and natural gas providers do well. They made multi-billions . . . and funneled the money right back into Abbott's re-election fund.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/texas-winter-storm-power-outage-death-toll