John Solomon, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Just the News, said news outlets are refraining from endorsing candidates in this year’s presidential election at a time when Americans are “craving” unbiased news.
Earlier this month, a Gallup poll found that just 31 percent of Americans have a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence in the media to report the news “fully, accurately and fairly.”
Solomon said Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos’ decision to not have the Washington Post make an endorsement this year appears to be a “first step” in acknowledging the rift between journalists and Americans.
“I think Jeff Bezos said out loud what a lot of people in the traditional media have been saying privately for several months to me, which is we’ve got to stop this slide of credibility. You have to stop this loss of trust from the American people, and this may be a first step towards at least acknowledging the problem. Fixing it is going to require fixing the newsrooms, not just the endorsement process,” Solomon explained on Tuesday’s edition of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show.
